Related: Zhang Zhan’an (张占安) — Political Prisoner Profile
Zhang Zhan’an (张占安) — Media Profile and Status Archive
Identification
This archive collects the verified source record for the case of Zhang Zhan’an (张占安), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning, sentenced to three years and six months in prison in January 2024. This profile is distinct from the 2007 Huludao case of a same-named practitioner and from Zhang Zhan (张展), the citizen journalist; those records must not be conflated with this case.
Case chronology (as documented by the sources below)
- August 31, 2023 — Zhang Zhan’an is detained by police under the Guta District sub-bureau, Jinzhou, along with several other Jinzhou Falun Gong practitioners, and held at the Jinzhou Detention Center.
- September 13, 2023 — the Linghai City Procuratorate approves his arrest.
- Early January 2024 — sentenced to three years and six months in prison with a 7,000-yuan fine; the charge is not stated. Projected release: February 28, 2027.
- April 1, 2024 — transferred to Panjin Prison.
- February 2025 (per Minghui record update) — reported moved to Dalian Prison.
- August 31, 2026 — the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report lists him among the in-custody prisoners sentenced to three years and six months.
Source records
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Database of Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China — record poc_z_00564 for 张占安 / Zhang Zhanan (record entered June 17, 2024; the only result for the direct name query). Documents: sex, detention date, sentence length, projected release date, Panjin Prison placement. https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/3708
- Minghui victim record for 张占安 (https://library.minghui.org/victim/i140384.htm; record updated February 22, 2025). Documents: birth year 1957, Jinzhou (originally Huludao), cement-factory worker, Falun Gong practice since December 1995, the August 2023 detention, September 2023 arrest approval, the January 2024 sentencing and fine, the April 2024 transfer to Panjin Prison, and the later move to Dalian Prison. Opened and read 2026-10-10.
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026). Lists 张占安 in the “sentenced to three years and six months, 126 people” group and in the pinyin-ordered in-custody index. https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/
Gaps and limitations
No court judgment, indictment, or official procedural document is publicly available for this case; the charge is recorded as unknown. The specific fine amount (7,000 yuan) is documented only in the CHRD and Minghui records, not in any official document. No state-media or official PRC coverage of the individual case was located. A same-named 2007 Huludao practitioner record was identified and deliberately excluded (unverified same-person hypothesis).
Related
Person profile: Zhang Zhan’an (张占安) — Political Prisoner Profile