|
|
|
6 Name GUO Pen name Qing Song Sex Male Birth date 1965-03-11 Birth place Botou City, Hebei Province Resident place Botou City, Hebei Province Education Graduated from a technical secondary school Profession Former clerk at Botou Branch of Agricultural Bank of China, Botou City, Hebei Province Date of arrest 2000-09-15 (detained) / 2000-09-28 (arrested) Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing articles and editorials (more than 40) of criticizing the authorities Charge Inciting subversion of the state power Date of sentence 2001-04-06 (Cangzhou Intermediate People's Court) Sentence 4 years imprisonment and 3 years deprivation of political rights Place of jail No. 4 Prison of Shijiazhuang City, Heibei Province Situation in jail Hypokalemia, resulting in palalysis for some time and serious sciatica causing difficulty to stand up Defender Self (plea of not guilty) Family contact Su Lifen (wife), Family Dormitory 2241 of Agricultural Bank of China, Xinxing
Case adopted by PEN Canada Current Status Release on expiry of the sentence on 2004-09-14 (Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact References http://www.pencanada.ca/committ/HM/GuoQinghai.htm http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/guoqinghai.htm (Chinese) http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=gxh (Chinese) Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004) 6 Last update: November 3, 2004 |
Home | About ICPC | International PEN | Other PEN Centers
© 2004 Independent Chinese PEN Center, Inc.
