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Name LI Zhi 

Pen name

Sex Male

Birth date 1971

Birth place

Resident place Dazhou City, Sichuan Province

Education Graduate from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Profession Internet writer and financial official in the Dazhou municipal government, Sichuan 

Province

Date of arrest 2003-08-08 (detended)/ 2003-09-03 (arrested)

Cause of arrest Internet chating on and posting articles on overseas websites accusing Sichuan 

officials of corruption

Charge Inciting subversion of the state power

Date of sentence 2003-12-11(Dazhou Intermediate People's Court, Sichuan Province)

Sentence 8 years imprisonment

Place of jail Sichuan Province

Situation in jail Hepatitis B worsening

Date of release 2011-08-07 (?)

Defender Lawyer Chang

Family contact unknown

Case adopted by PEN Canada

Current Status Under investigation

References http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8078

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3134306.stm

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/3/9/26/n382838.htm  (Chinese)

http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2004/04/200404010817.shtml  (Chinese)



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