68. YANG Xiaoqing
Pen name YANG Yang, SHI Yan, Buyi
Sex Male
Birth date 1969-09-04
Birth place Longhui County, Hunan Province
Resident place Changsha City, Hunan Province
Education Graduate study at the College of Hunan Provincial Committee of Chinese Communist Party
Profession Reporter of the China Industrial Economy News (Newspaper), Beijing City
Date of arrest 2006-01-22 (detained), 2006-02-23 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Longhui County, Hunan Province
Cause of arrest Investigating and reporting the alleged corruption of Longhui County officials, including the secretary of County Committee of Chinese Communist Party but being accused of posting defamatory articles on Internet after failed to extort up to 800,000 Yuan (US$100,000) from Longhui County officials.
Charge Extortion and blackmail
Date of sentence 2006-06-15 (1st trial), 2006-10-17 (appeal)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Longhui County (1st), Intermediate People’s Court of Shaoyang City. Hunan Province (appeal)
Sentence Freed from criminal punishment (appeal ruling to reject 1 year imprisonment at 1st trial)
Defender Lawyer ZHANG Xingshui and YANG Yong
Place of jail Detention Center of Public Security Bureau of Longhui County, Hunan Province
Situation in jail Infection of Hepatitis B found after his detention
Date of release 2006-09-06 (on parole pending appeal trial)
Family contact GONG Jie (wife), Tel:0086-13973177340
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on parole pending appeal trial on 2006-09-06 and freed from criminal punishment by appeal court ruling on 2006-10-17
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/asia/china15june06na.html
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18019
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=3828&Language=EN
http://www.huaxiabao.org/article.asp?Issue=141&ArtNb=4(in Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/23/jizhe/ (in Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/03/yangxiaoqing/ (in Chinese)