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)