93. DENG Yonggu
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1975-03-23
Birth place Gaosheng Town, Pengxi County, Sichuan Province
Resident place Gaosheng Town, Pengxi County, Sichuan Province
Education College graduate
Profession Worker at Agriculture Service Center of Gaosheng Town Government, blogger
Date of arrest 2008-10-17 (detained), 2008-10-30 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Pengxi County, Sichuan Province
Cause of arrest Posting at his blog (http://photo.sina.com.cn/dygcn) an article exposing the local land requisition problem and condemning 4 leaching officers of the City, County and its Forest Industry Bureau for corruptions.
Charge Defamation (slander)
Date of sentence 2009-07-14
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Pengxi County, Sichuan Province
Sentence Convicted but freed from criminal punishment
Defender Lawyers ZHENG Qiyin and WU Qingsong
Place of jail Detention Center of Public Security Bureau of Pengxi County, Sichuan Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2009-07-15
Family contact DENG Yongtao (brother)，Tel. +86-13118201182, 15982569501 (Deng Yonggu)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released upon court ruling of being freed from criminal punishment on 2009-7-15
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/may/chinas-battle-over-the-right-to-criticize
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/23/content_7707605.htm
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/04/recent-defamation-cases-and-abuse-of-local-power/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-04/21/content_11227005.htm (Chinese)
http://photo.sina.com.cn/dygcn (Chinese)