59. YAN Zhengxue
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1944-01-11
Birth place Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Resident place Beijing City
Education Secondary school affiliated to Zhejiang Collage of Fine Arts
Profession Painter, artist and freelance writer
(ICPC member)
Date of arrest 2006-10-18 (detained), 2006-11-15(arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Cause of arrest criticizing the local authorities and officials on corruptions and abuses of laws, and making lawsuit against them.
Charge Subversion of the state power (by prosecution), inciting subversion (by court verdict)
Date of sentence 2007-04-13
Organ of sentence Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Sentence 3 Years imprisonment and 1 year deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer Li Jianqiang
Place of jail Shilifeng Prison, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Situation in jail very high blood pressure, brain infarction and heart disease
Date of release 2009-07-17 (reduced by 3 months)
Family contact ZHU Chunliu (wife), Tel: 0086-576-88632951, 0086-13738543643
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of the reduced sentence on 2009-07-17
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.chinesepen.com/wipc/06english/news/yzx3-15.htm
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/index.php?pid=33&aid=515&type=current
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-17/48285.html
http://www.chinesepen.org/dlbhdt/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=5689 (Chinese)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/11/200611202220.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/hero/yzx/80_1.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/yanzhengxue.htm (Chinese)
http://canyu.org/n8516c6.aspx (Chinese)