Writers in Prison (China)

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  Resident place         Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

  Education                University

  Profession               Reporter at Shanxi Branch of Xinhua State News Agency and former

                                 editor of Shanxi Youth;

  Date of arrest          1998-12-04

  Cause of arrest        Writing articles about the failure of an irrigation scheme in the arid

                                Yuncheng region and revealing the corruptions of local governments

  Charge                    Bribery, introducing bawdry and bilking

  Date of sentence      1999-05-04 (Yanhu People's Court, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province)

  Sentence                  12 years imprisonment

  Place of jail             Jinzhong Prison, 030900 Qi County, Shanxi Province

  Situation in jail        Health worsening

  Defender                 Lowyer Li Xiaolin (plea of not guilty)

  Family contact        Duan Maoying (wife), Shanxi Provincial School Electronic Industry,

                                 Wucheng South Road 10, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi Province

  Case adopted by      ICPC, PEN Canada

  Current Status         to contact the family

  References              http://www.pencanada.ca/committ/HM/GaoQinrong.htm

                                 http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/11140/

                                 http://216.93.186.244/news/gb/china/2003/01/200301300220.shtml  (Chinese)

                                 http://www.gmw.cn/01wzb/2001-02/25/GB/2001%5E1826%5E0%5EWZ1-2516

Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004)  18

Last update: November 3, 2004