Name Chen Jieren
Penname Xiao Shan
Sex Male
Birth date 1970-04-12
Birth place Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province
Resident place Chenzhou City, Hunan Province
Education Bachelor of Laws, Tsinghua University (2001)
Profession President of Hualin Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Beijing City, freelance writer and journalist, former civil servant and reporter
Date of arrest 2018-07-07 (surveillance residence), 2018-11-20 (arrest)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Chenzhou City (surveillance residence), Public Security Bureau of Guiyang County (arrest), Hunan Province
Cause of arrest On June 25, 2018, Chen Jieren reported online about Deng Guangyan, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, for his seriously negligent and dereliction of duty. Few days later, Chen disappeared and lost contact with the outside world. The court verdict judged him of”using the information network to publish false or negative information for a charge of fee, maliciously speculating on the relevant incidents, attacking and defaming the Party, government and judicial organs and their staff, stirring up troubles, and extorting public and private properties….”
Charge Picking quarrels and provoking trouble, extortion, illegal business and bribery
Date of sentence 2019-11-26 (hearing), 2020-04-30 (verdict)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Guiyang County, Hunan Province
Sentence 15 years imprisonment, and fine of 7,010,000 CNY
Defender lawyer TONG Zongjin
Place of jail Detention Center of Guiyang County, Hunan Province
Situation in jail Unknown
Date of release 2033-09-11 (?)
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
References
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/01/asia/china-censorship-chen-jieren-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8277195/Chinese-journalist-jailed-15-years-posting-negative-reports-Communist-Party.html
https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-journalist-sentenced-15-years-prison-publishing-negative-information-about-communist-1501485
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/03/china-journalist-chen-jieren-jailed-as-free-speech-clampdown-intensifies/
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/journalist-detention-12052018143710.html
https://rsf.org/en/news/chinas-anti-corruption-agency-urged-free-newly-detained-journalist