Pen name Tie Liu
Sex Male
Birth date 1933-05-29
Birth place Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Resident place Beijing
Education Self-taught
Profession Writer and retired journalist (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2014-09-14 (detained), 2014-10-22 (arrest)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Beijing City
Cause of arrest Publishing dissident articles on overseas websits, including the recent ones targeting at LIU Yunshan, a standing member of Political bureau of CPC and its propaganda chief; printing and distibuting the books by the former Rightists
Charge Ilegal business (arrest and sentenced), suspicion of creating disturbances (detained)
Date of sentence 2015-02-25
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Sentence Two years and six months imprisonment with four years suspension, and 30000 RMB fine
Defender Lawyers ZHOU Shifeng, LIU Xiaoyuan (dismissed), and XIE
Place of jail No. 1 Detention Center of Beijing City, Detention Center of Chengdu City since 2014-11-24
Situation in jail appliaction for his release on bail has been turned down despite his age over 81 and unhealth
Date of release 2015-02-25 (suspended sentence)
Family contact Reng Hengfang (wife), Tel. +86-10-89590824
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2015-02-25 on suspended sentence
Reference
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/25/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0LT0V620150225
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Liu
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/asia/beijing-charges-writer-tie-liu.html?_r=0
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/writer-12222014140750.html
http://xgmyd.com/archives/12083 (Chinese)
http://wqw2010.blogspot.se/2014/09/blog-post_862.html (Chinese)
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%93%81%E6%B5%81 (Chinese)
http://blogcity.me/blog/list_blog_express.asp?f=EVV66HPVHC214300 (Chinese)
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1744814403 (Chinese)