Sex Male
Birth date 1958-07-09
Birth place Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province
Resident place Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Education Secondary school graduate
Profession Internet writer and labour rights activist, former worker, reporter and editor (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2015-05-30 (detained), 2015-07-04 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Huadu District Branch, Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest Writing memoirs on June Fourth massacre, etc.
Charge Suspicion of creating troubles (detention), inciting subversion of the state power (arrest, verdict)
Date of sentence 2016-04-15 (hearing), 2017-07-07 (verdict)
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Sentence Four years and six months imprisonment and three years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyers Chen Keyun, Ran Tong and Wu Kuiming
Place of jail Detention Center of Huadu District, 1st detention center of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (since be arrested)
Situation in jail suffering from abdomen troubles
Date of release 2019-11-29
Family contact Liu Meihua (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released due to expiry of sentence on 2019-11-29
Reference
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-labour/china-jails-labor-activist-for-4-1-2-years-idUSKBN19S0L3
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-jails-labor-activist-who-supported-guangdong-labor-movement-07072017112307.html
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/chinese-police-hold-outspoken-activists-in-beijing-guangzhou
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/china-release-liu-shaoming-ua-14515