Sun Meihua's daughter has hired a lawyer to help her mother apply for the restoration of her original Beijing household registration, and has asked her father to sign a commitment ensuring her mother's safety and to relinquish the relevant guardianship rights; the report did not state whether the demands were met.
Independent media outlet Aquarius Era reported on September 26 that police have been standing guard 24 hours a day outside the home of Sun Meihua's brother-in-law Liu Anjun since September 24. Liu Anjun had previously repeatedly asked police to investigate Sun Meihua's disappearance and suspected trafficking.
On Sep 18, Liu Anjun, a family member of Sun Meihua, disclosed that the Xicheng police in Beijing demanded that the family disband online chat groups and prohibited any public mention of the matter, while also banning audio and video recording during meetings. Previously, Sun Meihua was brought back to Beijing on Sep 8, but family visits were obstructed, leading to demands for confirmation of her health status and a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance.
According to Liu Anjun, the police informed him that a physical examination and injury assessment had been carried out for Sun Meihua.
Volunteer searcher Du Xiaohua posted a video report; in the case that attracted attention after reporting Sun Meihua's abuse, the “Uncle Long” who had long controlled Sun Meihua’s cohabitation has been taken by local police for investigation.
On September 14, the Xicheng police in Beijing notified Liu Anjun that Sun Meihua had undergone multiple rounds of physical examinations and that the injury assessment was still being processed. As of September 26, whether a case would be filed for investigation had still not been clearly stated.
On September 12, Liu Anjun went to the Beijing Guangnei Police Station and other departments to demand clarification on Sun Meihua's suspected abandonment, trafficking, and purchase of persons, and was told that the case was still ongoing and that information was kept confidential from non-direct family members.
On September 11, 2026, a popular Weibo influencer posted that discussions related to the Sun Meihua abduction case were being massively deleted and suppressed. Videos posted by bloggers who participated in the rescue have also disappeared. Sun Meihua originally lived in Beijing's Second Ring Road, spoke English, and was involved in foreign trade. She was abducted to a rural area at the age of 32 and suffered for 26 years. The methods of abduction and the progress of the case investigation, which have garnered public attention, have not yet been disclosed, and the official response has raised questions.
On September 11, the Weibo and Xiaohongshu platforms carried out large-scale post deletions and search blocking of discussions related to Sun Meihua, who has been missing for 26 years while searching for her family and is suspected of having been abducted and sold to Cao County, Shandong. The relevant original posts were set to private, and related messages can no longer be found in search results.
Sun Meihua, who had been missing for 26 years, was discovered by volunteers in Cao County, Heze, Shandong. She gained attention from netizens due to her English proficiency and professional terminology, and was eventually reunited with her family in Beijing through blood sampling for kinship search.
On September 11, 2026, the Weibo and Xiaohongshu platforms carried out a concentrated cleanup of discussions related to Sun Meihua's 26-year disappearance and her suspected trafficking to Cao County, Shandong. Searching for "Sun Meihua" on Weibo now yields no relevant results; the summary page only shows unrelated old news from 2025, and all main discussion posts have been set to private. Search results on Xiaohongshu also show unrelated content.
Sun Meihua, who had been missing for 26 years, was brought back to Beijing from Cao County, Shandong, by her brother on September 8. Her sister Sun Cuihua said she was blocked by her brother right after a brief video call; her brother-in-law Liu Anjun, who is also in Beijing, had returned for more than two weeks and received only one recent photo.
According to her family member Liu Anjun, Sun Meihua, who had been missing for 26 years, was brought back to Beijing by her brother from Cao County, Shandong on September 8. After that, her brother blocked Liu Anjun and Sun Meihua's sister, refused to arrange any more video calls, and did not allow Liu Anjun to visit in person.
According to a police notice relayed by volunteer Du Xiaohua, Sun Meihua was placed in a local nursing home on August 31.
On August 23, family-search volunteer Du Xiaohua visited Sun Meihua, reported the case to police and released a video. According to his relay of the police notification, Sun Meihua was subsequently placed in a local nursing home on August 31.