Pen name CAO Dapao
Sex Male
Birth date 1985-04-23
Birth place Yangjian Village, Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province
Resident place Chejiabi, Xishan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Education Graduated from a technical secondary school
Profession Freelancer and internet café manager
Date of arrest 2011-10-21 (detained), 2011-11-25 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Cause of arrest Internet writing, building a QQ group for political discussion, joining an overseas organization of China Democracy Party and publishing the relevant materials
Charge Inciting subversion of State power
Date of sentence 2012-05-22 (hearing), 2012-10-10 (verdict)
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Sentence 8 years imprisonment and 2 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer MA Xiaopeng
Place of jail Detention Center of Xishan District, Kunming City; Kunming Prison, Yunnan Province
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2018-09-20 (reduced by 13 months)
Family contact ZHANG Nian (wife), mobile: +86-13769177605
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2018-09-20 due to sentence reduction.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Haibo
http://laogai.org/blog/cao-haibo-pro-democracy-activist-arrested
http://www.zhenxingzhonghua.com/(Chinese)
http://observechina.net/info/artshow.asp?ID=74618(Chinese)
http://observechina.net/info/artShow.asp?id=74766 (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2011/10/201110221804.shtml(Chinese)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121102_china_caohaibo.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20121102-%E6%9B%B9%E6%B5%B7%E6%B3%A2%E8%A2%AB%E9%87%8D%E5%88%A4%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86%E2%80%9C%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%AA%E6%B4%BE%E2%80%9D%E5%91%BC%E5%90%81%E9%A9%AC%E8%8B%B1%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%B3%E6%B3%A8 (Chinese)