Penname Chen Wendan
Sex Male
Birth date 1966-09-27
Birth place Pingpo Village, Longsheng Town, Beiliu County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Resident place Beiliu City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Education Graduated from Rongxian Normal School, Guangxi (1988), Lawyer Correspondence Class at Beijing Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies, and Administrative Law Section at China Correspondence University of Logics & Languages
Profession Former lawyer of Guangxi Baijuming Law Firm, amateur calligrapher and painter
Date of arrest 2019-04-29
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Online dissent posts with related calligraphy
Charge Suspicion of inciting subversion of state power
Date of sentence not yet
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Sentence not yet
Defender Lawyer WANG Jun and LU Siwei
Place of jail Detention Center of Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Situation in jail High blood pressure and brain atrophy; abused, insufficient food.
Date of release not yet
Family contact LUO Fen (ex-wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
The bill of indictment was submitted to the court in October 2019, and in December, the court return the case to the public security organ for additional investigation.
References
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/subversion-05102019110102.html
https://practicesource.com/china-human-rights-lawyers-concern-group-human-rights-lawyer-lu-siwei-receives-notification-from-chengdu-all-china-lawyers-associations-disciplinary-committee/