6. GUO Qinghai
Pen name Qing Song
Sex Male
Birth date 1965-03-11
Birth place Botou City, Hebei Province
Resident place Botou City, Hebei Province
Education Graduated from a technical secondary school
Profession Former clerk at Botou Branch of Agricultural Bank of China, Botou City, Hebei
Province
Date of arrest 2000-09-15 (detained) / 2000-09-28 (arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing articles and editorials (more than 40) of
criticising the authorities
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2001-04-06
Organ of sentence Cangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Hebei Province
Sentence 4 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Self (plea of not guilty)
Place of jail No. 4 Prison of Shijiazhuang City, HeibeiProvince
Situation in jail Hypokalemia, resulting in paralysis for some time and serious sciatica causing
Date of release 2004-09-14
Family contact SU Lifen (wife), Tel: 0086-317-8187871
Family Dormitory 2241 of Agricultural Bank of China, Xinxing South Street,
Donation to
Case adopted by PEN Canada, ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of the sentence on 2004-09-14
(Case therefore closed) Joined ICPC
References http://www.pencanada.ca/committ/HM/GuoQinghai.htm
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/guoqinghai.htm (Chinese)
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2939 (Chinese)