Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      SANG Jiancheng (中文资料)

  Pen name

  Sex                          Male

  Birth date                1943

  Birth place

  Resident place         Shanghai City

  Education

  Profession               Retired worker

  Date of arrest          2002-11-10

  Cause of arrest        Writing and publishing on internet an open letter for political reform to

                                 16th Congress of CCP

  Charge                    Inciting subversion of the state power

  Date of sentence      2003-01-06 (Shanghai Intermediate People's Court)

  Sentence                  3 years imprisonment

  Place of jail             Shanghai

  Situation in jail        unknown

  Defender                 unknown

  Family contact        Zhou (wife),Tel:0086-21-56699465

                                 Sang Jianliang (elder brother),Tel:0086-21-65106472

  Case adopted by

  Current Status         Having contact with the family

  References              http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=6103

                                 http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2004/01/200401070601.shtml (Chinese)

 Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004) 31

Last update: November 3, 2004