Case Details and Biography of Ms. Zhang Chenglan, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On July 28, 2026，this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Zhang Chenglan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, who was sentenced to three years in prison. The information is reported as follows:：
Zhang Chenglan:：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, born in 1964 and aged 63 in 2026. Zhang Chenglan was an engineer with the Jinan City Changqing District Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. Her husband, Liu Ruping, was formerly director of the Legal Research Office of the Party School of Jinan City's Changqing District and also a full-time lawyer at Shuntian Law Firm.
On September 29, 2025， Liu Ruping, Zhang Chenglan and more than 40 other Falun Gong practitioners from Jinan, Shandong Province, were arrested by police from the Changqing District Public Security Bureau. At least 19 Falun Gong practitioners were criminally detained and subsequently held. Liu Ruping and Zhang Chenglan were tried by the Changqing District Court on March 13, 2026. On April 15, 2026, Liu Ruping was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, and Zhang Chenglan was sentenced to three years. The two were fined a total of 18,000 yuan. This was Liu Ruping's third prison sentence and Zhang Chenglan's second. They had both previously been persecuted through reeducation through labor. Zhang Chenglan's sentence ends on:：September 28, 2028.
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