18. GAO QINRONG (released)

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18.   Gao Qinrong

Pen name

Sex                          Male

Birth date                1955-01-19

Birth place

Resident place         Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Education               University

Profession               Reporter at Shanxi Branch of Xinhua State News Agency and former editor of

Shanxi Youth

(Honorary members of ICPC and PEN Canada)

Date of arrest          1998-12-04 (detained) / 1998-12-26 (arrest)

Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province

Cause of arrest       Writing articles about the failure of an irrigation scheme in the arid Yuncheng

region and revealing the corruptions of local governments

Charge                    Bribery, introducing bawdry and bilking

Date of sentence     1999-05-04

Organ of sentence   Yanhu People’s Court, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province

Sentence                  12 Years imprisonment

Defender                 Lawyer LI Xiaolin (plea of not guilty)

Place of jail             Jinzhong Prison, 030900 Qi County, Shanxi Province

Situation in jail        Health worsening

Date of release        2006-12-07(reduced)

Family contact        DUAN Maoying (wife), Shanxi Provincial School Electronic Industry, Wucheng

South Road 10, Taiyuan 030006, ShanxiProvince

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC, PEN Canada

Current Status         Main Case

References              http://www.pencanada.ca/committ/HM/GaoQinrong.htm

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/11140/

http://216.93.186.244/news/gb/china/2003/01/200301300220.shtml (Chinese)

http://www.gmw.cn/01wzb/2001-02/25/GB/2001%5E1826%5E0%5EWZ1-2516.

htm (Chinese)