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Name |
YU
Huafeng |
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Pen name |
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Sex |
Male |
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Birth date |
1968-12-25
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Birth place |
Jingshan
County, Hubei Province |
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Resident place |
Guangzhou
City, Guangdong Province |
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Education |
B.A in
Archives Science at Zhongguo People's University, 1990 |
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Profession |
Vice
Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of Nanfang Dushi Bao (Southern
Metropolis News), Vice-president and General Manager of Xin Jing Bao
(The Beijing News), Honorary member of ICPC |
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Date of arrest |
2004-01-09
(detained) / 2004-01-14 (arrested) |
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Organ of arrest |
Public
Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province |
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Cause of arrest |
Publishing on
Southern Metropolis News a number of publishing stories that
embarrass local authorities, especially the reports on SARS cases
and the case of Sun Zhigang tortureed to death. |
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Charge |
Corruption
and bribery |
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Date of sentence |
2004-03-19,
2004-06-15 |
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Organ of sentence |
Dongshan
People's Court, Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court (appeal) |
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Sentence |
8
years imprisonment and confiscating the property of RMB 50000 (after) |
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Defender |
Lawyers
WANG Bo and XU Zhiyong |
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Place of jail |
Panyu
Prison, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province |
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Situation in jail |
Gastric
disease and arthritis getting more serious |
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Date of release |
2008-02-08
(reduced) |
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Family contact |
XIANG
Li (wife), Tel: 0086-13902278498 |
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Donation to |
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Case adopted by
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ICPC,
Ghanaian PEN |
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Current Status
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released on 2008-02-08 due to 3 years and 11 months reduction of the
sentence
(Therefore the case closed) |
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Reference |
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http://www.cpj.org/protests/04ltrs/China09apr04pl.html
http://www.xianzheng.org/xianzhengxingdong/
nanfangdushibao/nanfangdushibao.ht
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