Penname Tianlujun
Sex Male
Birth date
Birth place Shandong Province
Place of residence: Beijing
Education MA. at Department of Chinese, Hebei Normal University
Profession Former reporter of Time Weekly, freelance
(ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2018-04-92 (detained), 2018-04-09 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Economic and Technological Development Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Publishing on his public account a novel “Mr. Pan Manages the Huns Dairy Industry (Part 1): Exiting Wulan” and “Mr. Pan Manages the Huns Dairy Industry (Part 2): Exiting America”, which were accused of slandering Pan Gang, the President of Inner Mongolia’s Yili Group.
Charge Defamationm
Date of sentence 2018-09-13-19 (hearing), 2018-10-24 (verdict)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Huimin District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Sentence 8 months imprisonment
Defender Lawyers FENG Yanqiang and YAN Wenxian
Place of jail No. 1 Detention Center of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2018-12-01
Family contact LI Yan (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released due to expiry of sentence on 2018-12-01
References
https://rsf.org/en/news/china-two-financial-journalists-sentenced-jail-terms
https://www.ifj.org/es/centro-de-medios/noticias/detalle/category/press-freedom/article/financial-journalists-jailed-for-spreading-rumours-in-china.html