19. XU Zerong (Tsui, David )
Pen name Gao, Weiguo
Sex Male
Birth date 1954-01-14
Birth place Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Resident place Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province; Permanent residence in Hong Kong
Education PhD. in politic science at St Antony’s College, OxfordUniversity, 1999
Profession Professor, researcher and publisher
(Honorary member of ICPC and GhanaianPENCenter, ICPC member since April 2012)
Date of arrest 2000-06-24 (detained) / 2000-07-29 (arrest)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest Writing and publishing articles on China’s support to the armed unrests of
Malaian Communists in 1950-60s
Charge Illegally providing overseas with information and illegal business on publication
Date of sentence 2001-12-20, 2002-12 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, High People’s Court of Guangdong
Sentence 13 Years imprisonment, 3 Years deprivation of political rights, and fine of 50, 000CNY
Defender Lawyer HUANG Kengru
Place of jail Xicun Prison, Nanjing Road 14, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Situation in jail Hypertension severer and no permission for family visit until Dec. 2002; high blood pressure
Date of release 2011-06-23 (reduced by 2 years)
Family contact Xu Xiaoying (niece), tel: +86-20-84034592
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, Ghanaian PEN
Current Status Released on 2011-06-23 due to the 2-year reduction of 13 years sentence
(Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact
The sentence was reduced by 9 months in 2006, 10 months in 2008, and 5 months in 2011, respectively
References http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/antonians/tsui.html
http://www.duihua.org/2006/09/nine-month-sentence-reduction.html
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=3085 (Chinese)
http://bjzc.org/bjs/bc/108/35 (Chinese)
http://members.lycos.co.uk/sixiang000/author/X/XuZeRong/XuZeRong.htm
(Chinese)