88. WANG Rongqing
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1943-12-09
Birth place Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province
Resident place Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Education Middle school
Profession Freelance writer (Honorary Member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2008-06-26 (detained), 2008-07-31 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Cause of arrest Acting as an coordinator of Chinese Democratic Party after it was banned in 2002, editing its magazine of Opposition Party and publishing a number of articles on CDP
distributing its articles on internet, and communicating with overseas
Charge Subverting State power
Date of sentence 2009-01-08
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Sentence 6 year imprisonment and 2 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer LIU Yong
Place of jail Prison General Hospital, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Situation in jail Very poor health, critically ill with serious renal failure and uremia
Date of release 2010-01-12 (medical parole twice)
Family contact WANG Rongyao (brother), Tel: +86-15867100724
Donation to WANG Rongyao, West Union
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released by medical parole from 2010-01-12, died on 2014-06-26
References http://www.david-kilgour.com/2009/Jan_10_2009_03.php
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/101010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/109/article_11454.asp http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=zh&art=14160
http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2009/01/200901121236.shtml
http://www.rsf-chinese.org/index/spip.php?article355