Case details and biography of Ms. Jin Cuixiang, a 61-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, sentenced to 4 years and 6 months
（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On June 3, 2026，this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Jin Cuixiang, a 61-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, who was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months，and the information is now reported as follows：
Jin Cuixiang：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province，born in 1965，and aged 61 in 2026。She began practising Falun Gong in November 1996。The Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong in 1999。Because Jin Cuixiang firmly maintained her Falun Gong faith，she was illegally sentenced by Chinese Communist Party courts to 10 years and 4 years in 2002 and 2018，respectively，and endured all manner of torture in prison。In 2022，Jin Cuixiang only then ended her wrongful imprisonment，and has now again been falsely sentenced to prison。
Ms. Jin Cuixiang was arrested by Yingkou police on April 21, 2025，for explaining Falun Gong to the public。It was learned in June 2026，that Jin Cuixiang had been sentenced by the Yingkou City Court to 4 years and 6 months in prison，and was forcibly transferred to the twelfth ward of Liaoning Women's Prison in March 2026 to serve her sentence。This is the third time Jin Cuixiang has been illegally sentenced by the Chinese Communist Party。Her sentence ends on：October 20, 2029。
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