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Name |
CHING Cheong |
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Pen name |
Zhong Guoren |
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Sex |
Male |
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Birth date |
1949-12-03 |
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Birth place |
Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province |
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Resident place |
Hong Kong |
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Education |
B. Sc. in Geology and Economics at Hong Kong University, 1973 |
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Profession |
Correspondent of Straits Times (Singapore daily), Hong Kong (Honorary member of
ICPC) |
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Date of arrest |
2005-04-22 (hold under surveillance in Beijing), 2005-08-05 (arrested) |
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Organ of arrest |
Beijing National Security Bureau |
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Cause of arrest |
Unknown |
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Charge |
Espionage |
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Date of sentence |
2006-08-31/2006-11-24 (appeal)
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Organ of sentence |
Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People¨s Court (closed trial), Beijing High People¨s Court (appeal) |
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Sentence |
5-year imprisonment, 1-year deprivation of political rights and expropriation of 300000 CNY |
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Defender |
Lawyer HE Peihua |
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Place of jail |
Beijing City |
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Situation in jail |
Incommunicado |
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Date of release |
2008-02-05
(Parole) |
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Family contact |
Mary Lau (wife), Tel: 00852-98643589 |
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Donation to |
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Case adopted by
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ICPC |
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Current Status
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Release on
parole on 2008-02-05
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact |
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Reference |
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http://www.chingcheong.com/news.html
http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2006-08-15-voa9.cfm
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13973
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/08/200608161916.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.zaobao.com/gj/zg050706_508.html(Chinese)
http://www.penchinese.com/wipc/08news-may/531.htm (Chinese) |
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