37. CHENG Yizhong
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1965-04
Birth place Anqing City, Anhui Province
Resident place Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Education B.A in Chinese Literature at Zhongshan University, 1989
Profession Former Editor-in-Chief of Nanfang Dushi Bao (Southern Metropolis News) and
Editor-in-Chief of Xinjing Bao (New Beijing News)
Date of arrest 2004-03-19 (detained) / 2004-04-01(arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest Publishing on Southern Metropolis News a number of publishing stories that
embarrass local authorities, especially the reports on SARS cases and the case of
Charge Suspicion of corruption
Date of sentence None
Organ of sentence People’s Prosecutorate of Dongshan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Sentence None
Defender Lawyer ZHANG Xinshui
Place of jail Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Situation in jail Unknown
Date of release 2004-08-27(unprosecuted ruled by Prosecution of Dongshan District, Guangzhou City)
Family contact CHEN Junying (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, Ghanaian PEN
Current Status released on 2004-08-27
(Therefore the case closed)
References http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48410-2004Apr3?language=printer
http://www.cpj.org/protests/04ltrs/China09apr04pl.html
http://www.yannan.cn/data/detail.php?id=3114(Chinese)