Case Details and Profile of Ms. Luan Yanping, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Longkou, Yantai, Shandong, Sentenced to 3 Years and 9 Months
(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On March 27, 2026, this website learned of the case details and profile of Ms. Luan Yanping, a Falun Gong practitioner from Longkou, Yantai, Shandong, who was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months. The details are now reported as follows:
Luan Yanping: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Longkou, Yantai, Shandong, in her 50s in 2026. In the early morning of July 17, 2025, Longkou domestic security authorities used information on Falun Gong practitioners obtained through big data, mobilized large numbers of police officers and auxiliary police from multiple police stations, and drove private vehicles to stake out locations at practitioners’ homes and places they frequently visited, carrying out arrests according to a list. At 8 a.m. that morning, the domestic security brigade and the Development Zone Police Station staked out Xufu Dawang Market and arrested Falun Gong practitioners Cui Xiuju, Luan Yanping, and Li Yufang, who were explaining Falun Gong. They were then detained at the Yantai Detention Center and criminally detained. They were subsequently formally arrested and indicted. On January 23, 2026, the three were tried. On March 13, 2026, Cui Xiuju and Luan Yanping were sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison and fined 20,000 yuan; Li Yufang was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. Luan Yanping’s sentence runs until: April 16, 2029.
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