53. WANG Jinbo
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1972-10-25
Birth place Lunan County, Shandong Province
Resident place Linyin City, Shandong Province
Education B. Sc. In Chemistry at Eeast China Institute of Geology, Jiangxi Province, 1995
Profession Freelance writer (ICPC member since 2007)
Date of arrest 2001-05-09 (detained) / 2001-06 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Linyi City, Shandong Province
Cause of arrest Publishing articles on Internet, calling for a re-evaluation of the 1989 Tiananmen
protests and the release of political prisoners
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2001-12-13
Organ of sentence Linyi Intermediate People’s Court, Shandong Province
Sentence 4 Years imprisonment and 2 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender
Place of jail Shandong No. 1 Prison, Jinan City, Shandong Province
Situation in jail repeated attacks including beatings by other prisoners, hunger strikes against
Date of release 2005-05-08
Family contact WANG Xiuyu (father), Tel: 0086-539-7237164
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of the sentence on 2005-05-08
(Case therefore closed)
References http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200412/23682.html
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170102003?open&of=ENG-2S2
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2713 (Ch)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/03/200503170215.shtml