Case Details and Profile of Yu Ya'ou, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On June 30, 2026， this website learned of the case details and profile of Yu Ya'ou, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, who was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months， and the information is reported as follows：

Yu Ya'ou：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong. Yu Ya'ou was formerly a doctoral student at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was gentle in character. His wife, Li Shanshan, is the legal representative of Shandong Jiannai Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd., whose main business is exporting agricultural and sideline products and food ingredients from Shandong Province; large quantities of goods are shipped to destinations worldwide through Qingdao Port. Despite having a stable career, he was persecuted because of his belief in Falun Gong。

Yu Ya'ou and his wife, Li Shanshan, were arrested in July 2025， allegedly because they were“caught on camera distributing materials”。The two are being held at the Jinan Detention Center。In June 2026, Yu Ya'ou and Li Shanshan were sentenced：Yu Ya'ou to 1 and a half years， and Li Shanshan to 3 and a half years。Yu Ya'ou's sentence runs until：January 2027。