Writers in Prison (China)

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  Name                      XU Zerong (Tsui, David ) (中文资料)

  Pen name                Gao, Weiguo

  Sex                          Male

  Birth date                1954-01-14

  Birth place              Wuhan City, Hubei Province

  Resident place         Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; Permanent residence in Hong Kong

  Education                PhD. in politic science at St Antony's College, Oxford University, 1999

  Profession               Professor, researcher and publisher

  Date of arrest          2000-06-24 (detained) / 2000-07-29 (arrest)

  Cause of arrest        Writing and publishing articles on China's support to the armed unrests of

                                 Malaian Communists in 1950-60s

  Charge                    Illegally providing overseas with information and illegal business on

                                 publication of books and periodicals

  Date of sentence      2001-12-20 (Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court) / 2002-12 (appeal)

  Sentence                  13 years imprisonment, 3 years deprivation of political rights,and fine of

  Place of jail             Dongguan Prison, Shixie Town, 523003 Dongguan City, Guangdong

Province

  Situation in jail        Hypertension severer and no permission for family visit until Dec. 2002

  Defender                 Lawyer Huang Kengru

  Family contact        Zeng Guiyou (mother)

  Case adopted by      ICPC

  Current Status         to contact the family

  References              http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/tsui.shtml

                                 http://bjzc.org/bjs/bc/108/34 (Chinese)

                                 http://bjzc.org/bjs/bc/108/35  (Chinese)

                                 http://members.lycos.co.uk/sixiang000/author/X/XuZeRong/XuZeRong.htm 

Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004)  19

Last update: November 3, 2004