239. WANG YI

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Penname                Wang Shuya

Sex                              Male

Birth date                1973-06-01

Birth place              Santai County, Sichuan Province

Resident place       Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Education               Graduated from Law School at Sichuan University (1996)

Profession               Writer,  Christian Pastor of Early Rain Covenant, Chengdu City (ICPC member)

Date of arrest          2018-12-09 (detained),  2018-12-18 (arrested)

Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Cause of arrest        House church views and activities disobedient to the government control

Charge                         Inciting subversion of state power and illegal business

Date of sentence     2019-12-30

Organ of sentence  Intermediate People’s Court of Chengdu , Sichuan Province

Sentence                   9 years imprisonment, 3 years deprivation of political rights, and 50,000 CNY confiscation of personal property

Defender                   Lawyer ZHANG Peihong

Place of jail               Detention Center of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Situation in jail      OK

Date of release        2027-12-08 (?)

Family contact       

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status        Main case
The case was submitted to the prosecution on 2019-07-15.

References
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/dec/30/china-jails-underground-pastor-wang-yi-for-nine-years-for-inciting-subversion
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/earlyrain-pastor-07182019165327.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46588650
https://world.wng.org/2018/12/chinese_police_disrupt_weekend_worship
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/15/asia/wang-yi-early-rain-church-intl/index.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2177720/protestant-pastor-wang-yi-detained-and-facing-charges-china
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/believers-12122018120836.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-11/chinese-police-detain-more-than-100-christians-in-raids/10605648
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yi_(pastor)