Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      MU Chuanheng (中文资料)

  Pen name

  Sex                          Male

  Birth date                1955-10-23

  Birth place              Yantai City, Shandong Province

  Resident place         Qingdao City, Shandong Province

  Education                University

  Profession               freelance writer and former lawyer

  Date of arrest          2001-08-14

  Cause of arrest        Internet writing and publishing dissident articles

  Charge                    Inciting subversion of the state power

  Date of sentence      2002-09-10  (Dashan Intermediate People's Court, Qingdao City)

  Sentence                  3 years imprisonment and 5 years deprivation of political rights

  Place of jail             Dashan No.1 setention center of Qingdao City Police, Shandong

Province

  Situation in jail        No permission for family visit

  Defender                 unknown

  Family contact        Jing Xiulan (wife),  Jinde Street 9, 3-10, Sorth District, Qindao 266071,

                                 Shandong Province

                                 Tel: 0086-532-5763880,

  Case adopted by      ICPC

  Current Status         Seeking the donation to the family. Release on expiry on 2004-08-13

                                  (Case therefore closed)

  References              http://www.cpj.org/protests/00ltrs/China10august00pl.html

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

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

Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004)  16

Last update: November 3, 2004