Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      KONG Youping (中文资料)

 Pen name

  Sex                         Male

  Birth date                1955

  Birth place              Anshan City, Liaonin Province

  Resident place         Anshan City, Liaonin Province

  Education

  Profession               Freelance writer and factory worker

  Date of arrest          2003-12-13 (detained)

  Cause of arrest        Writing and publishing articles on internet

  Charge                    Subversion of the state power

  Date of sentence      2004-09-16 (Shenyang Intermediate People's Court)

  Sentence                 15 years imprisonment and 4 years deprivation of political rights

  Place of jail             Detention center of Shenyang Police, Liaoning Province

  Situation in jail        unkonwn

Date of release 2018-12-12 (?)

  Defender                 unkonwn

  Family contact        Liu Yaru (wife), Tel: 0086-412-6541486

                                Zhang Suyi (wife of a friend) ,Tel:0086-412-2314702

  Case adopted by      ICPC

  Current Status         Under investigation

                                 to contact the family

  References              http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/61321/

                               http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/2003/12/20/293170-ap.html

                               http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/kongyouping.htm  (Chinese)

                               http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=kyp  (Chinese)

  Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (12/2004)     1

Last update: January 8, 2005