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Name  YAN Zhengxue
Pen name 
Sex Male
Birth date  1944-01-11
Birth place  Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Resident place  Beijing City
  Secondary school affiliated to Zhejiang Collage of Fine Arts
Profession  Painter, artist and freelance writer
(ICPC member)
Date of arrest  2006-10-18 (detained), 2006-11-15(arrested)
Organ of arrest  Public Security Bureau of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Cause of arrest  criticizing the local authorities and officials on corruptions and abuses of laws, and making lawsuit against them.
Charge 

Subversion of the state power (by prosecution), inciting subversion (by court verdict)

Date of sentence 2007-04-13
Organ of sentence Taizhou Intermediate People's Court, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Sentence  3 years imprisonment and 1 year deprivation of political rights
Defender  Lawyer Li Jianqiang
Place of jail  Shiliping Prison, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Situation in jail  OK
Date of release  2009-10-17
Family contact  ZHU Chunliu (wife), Tel: 0086-13738543643
Donation to
Case adopted by  ICPC
Current Status  Main Case
  Reference  
http://www.penchinese.com/wipc/06english/news/yzx3-15.htm
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/index.php?pid=33&aid=515&type=current
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-17/48285.html
http://www.chinesepen.org/dlbhdt/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=5689 (Chinese)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/11/200611202220.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/hero/yzx/80_1.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/yanzhengxue.htm (Chinese)