Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      LI Minying (中文资料)

  Pen name

  Sex                          Male

  Birth date

  Birth place

  Resident place         Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

  Education                University graduate

  Profession               Former Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of Nanfang Dushi Bao

                                 (Southern Metropolis News)

  Date of arrest          2004-01-15 (arrested)

  Cause of arrest        Publishing on Southern Metropolis News a number of publishing stories

                                 that embarrass local authorities, especially the reports on SARS cases

                                  and the case of Sun Zhigang tortureed to death

  Charge                    Accepting bribes

  Date of sentence      2004-03-19 (District court), 2004-06-15 (Guangzhou Intermediate

People's court)

  Sentence                  6 years imprisonment and confiscating the property of RMB 100000

  Place of jail             Guangdong Province

  Situation in jail        unknown

  Defender                 unknown

  Family contact        unknown

  Case adopted by      ICPC, Ghanaian PEN

  Current Status         Main case

                                 to contact the family

  References              http://www.cpj.org/protests/04ltrs/China09apr04pl.html

                                 http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/3/24/n491449.htm(Chinese)

 Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004) 39

Last update: November 3, 2004