Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      OUYANG Yi (中文资料)

Pen name

Sex Male

Birth date 1968-06-28

Birth place Suinin City, Sichuan Province

Resident place Suinin City, Sichuan Province

Education Graduated from Chuanbei College of Education, Sichuan Province

Profession Middle school teacher

Date of arrest 2002-12-05 (detained) / 2003-01-06 (arrested)

Cause of arrest Writing and publishing an open letter for constitutional democracy to 16th

Congress of CCP

Charge Suspicion for inciting subversion of the state power

Date of sentence 2004-03-16 (Chengdu Intermediate People's Court)

Sentence 2 years imprisonment

Place of jail Detention center of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Situation in jail OK

Date of release 2004-12-04

Defender Lawyer Qiu (plea of not guilty)

Family contact Luo Bizhen (wife), Tel:0086-825-2887192

Guanyin Elementary School, Center District, Shuinin City 629000,

Sichuan Province, China

Case adopted by ICPC

Current Status Release on expiry of the sentence on 2004-12-04

(Case therefore closed)

ICPC keeping contact

  References              http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9632

                                 http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/english/2004/03/200403250345.shtml

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

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

Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004)  4

Last update: November 3, 2004