15. CHEN Shaowen
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1962-12-25
Birth place Lianyuan City, Hunan Province
Resident place Lianyuan City, Hunan Province
Education
Profession Freelance writer; former policeman and unemployed worker of LianyuanCity’s
Hardware Co. (ICPC member since April 2012)
Date of arrest 2002-08-06 (detained) / 2002-09-11 (arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Loudi City, Hunan Province
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing articles (more than 40) of criticizing the
authorities for the unemployment, social injustice and legal abuse
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2003-02-05, 2003-08-18 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Loudi Intermediate People’s Court, High People’s Court of Hunan Province
Sentence 3 Years imprisonment and 1 year deprivation of political rights (appeal court)
Defender Self (for not guilty)
Place of jail Chishan Prison, Postbox: 101, 413104 Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province
Situation in jail Weak health, no family visit
Date of release 2005-08-05
Family contact LIAO Zhulan (wife), Tel: 0086-738-4433124,0086-13508446964 (m)
Guangmin Road 62-601, Lantian, Lianyuan City, Hunan Province, 417100
Donation to Home by post
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on expiry of the sentence on 2005-08-05
(Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.cpj.org/protests/02ltrs/China24sept02pl.html
http://www.laocanmou.net/Html/200534214312-1.html(Chinese)
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/chenshaowen.htm (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=zsw (Chinese)