Case Details and Profile of Wang Deshui, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Weihai, Shandong, Sentenced to 3 Years and 6 Months
(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On June 22, 2026, this website learned of the case details and profile of Wang Deshui, a Falun Gong practitioner from Weihai, Shandong, who was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months. The details are now reported as follows:
Wang Deshui: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Weihai, Shandong. On October 27, 2025, while Yu Jingtao, Ding Huimin, and Xiao Bo were binding Minghui calendars in a rented residence, personnel from the Political Security Brigade of the Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone Public Security Sub-Bureau suddenly broke in, arrested them, and raided the residence. Subsequently, Yu Jingtao, Ding Huimin, and Xiao Bo were criminally detained and held in a detention center. One month later, on November 27, 2025, Wang Deshui, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changfeng in Weihai’s Economic and Technological Development Zone, was also arrested at his home by Political Security personnel, and his residence was raided. At that point, all four Falun Gong practitioners had been detained and framed.
The four practitioners were later framed and brought before the Rongcheng City Court. The court then held four secret hearings, and outsiders were not allowed to attend any of them. In June 2026, they were sentenced as follows: Yu Jingtao received a six-year prison sentence, Wang Deshui received a three-year-and-six-month prison sentence, Xiao Bo received a three-year prison sentence, and Ding Huimin received a one-year prison sentence. Wang Deshui’s sentence runs until: May 26, 2029.
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