63. XU Wanping
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1961-04-11
Birth place Chongqing City
Resident place Dadukou District, Beijing City
Education Secondary school graduate
Profession Freelance writer
(Honorary Member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2005-04-30 (detained), 2005-05-24 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Chongqing Public Security Bureau
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing dissident articles
Charge Subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2005-12-23
Organ of sentence Chongqing Intermediate People’s Court, Chongqing City
Sentence 12 Years imprisonment and 4 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyers GAO Zhisheng (refused to the court)
Place of jail Yuzhou Prison, Jiangbei District, Chongqing City
Situation in jail
Date of release 2014-04-29 (reduced three times by 3 years in total)
Family contact Chen Xianying (wife), Tel: 0086-15808006569
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2014-04-29 due to the reduction of the sentence
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.chinaeforum.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=20018
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26466&item%5fid=26458 http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/xuwanping.htm (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/hero/liaoyw/163_1.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/12/200512250815.shtml (Chinese)