87. WEI Zhenling
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1968-10-31
Birth place Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Resident place Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Education College Graduate
Profession Internet writer, businessman, former journalist of Zhejiang Daily (Honorary Member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2008-07-15 (detained)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Cause of arrest Publishing dissident articles on Internet, joining a cyber opinion group Pan-blue Alliance as coordinator in Hangzhou City
Charge Disturbing social order (detention), gambling and solicitation of prostitutes
Date of sentence 2008-08-26 (administrative decision)
Organ of sentence Hangzhou City Administrative Committee of Reeducation Through Labor
Sentence One year and nine months (reduced by 3 months)
Defender
Place of jail Yuhang Detention Center for Reeducation Through Labor, Yuhang County, Zhejiang
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2010-01-15
Family contact Mother, Tel: +86-571-88220501，+86-13958105835
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release due to reduction of the sentence on 2010-01-15
(Therefore the case closed)
References http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=63966&item%5fid=63961
http://crd-net.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200809/20080904003507_10390.html
http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2009/01/200901282241.shtml (Chinese) http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08262008092751.html (Chinese)