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Name  YANG Maodong
Pen name  Guo Feixiong
Sex Male
Birth date  1966-08-02
Birth place  Gucheng County, Hubei Province
Resident place  Changping District, Beijing
Education  B.Sc. in Philosophy at East China Normal University, 1988
Profession  Freelance writer and independent publisher, adviser of Beijing Shengzhi Law Firm (Honorary member of ICPC)
Date of arrest  2005-09-13 (detained), 2005-10-04 (arrested)
Organ of arrest  Fanyu Public Security Bureau, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest 

 

Helping the Taishi villagers in the legal procedure and public campaign to dismiss the corrupted village chief, and continuously reporting the event to the press media as well as on Internet;
alleged for illegal publishing and selling 20000 copies of books (2nd) 
Charge 

Suspicion of gathering mass to disturb social order (1st); illegal business (2nd)

Date of sentence 2007-11-14 (2nd)
Organ of sentence

People¨s Prosecutorate of Fanyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (1st)
People¨s Court of Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (2nd )

Sentence  5 years imprisonment and 40,000 CNY fine
Defender  Lawyers GAO Zhisheng(1st); Lawyer MO Shaoping (2nd)
Place of jail  Shawan Detention Center of Fanyu Public Security Bureau(1st);
Meizhou Prison, Meixhou City, Guangdong Province (2nd)
Situation in jail  Hunger strike for 2 months after being detained (1st)
Date of release  2005-12-27 (unprosecuted); 2011-09-13
Family contact  YANG Maoping (sister), Tel: 0086-13533853485
Donation to
Case adopted by  ICPC
Current Status

Main case

  Reference  

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-10-2/32853.html
http://www.guancha.org/info/artshow.asp?ID=40709 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2005/09/23/China_protest/
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/10/200510050606.shtml (Chinese)
http://forum.muzi.com/forum/view.shtml?p=PS200508270702006630&l=chinese
http://www.dajiyuan.com/gb/5/10/7/n1078339.htm (Chinese)
http://news.sohu.com/20060915/n245352793.shtml (Chinese)