98. LUO Yongquan
Pen name Running Stone
Sex Male
Birth date 1972-06-24
Birth place Nanxiong County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Resident place Nanxiong County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Education graduate from technical secondary school
Profession Freelance writer, poet, and former security guard (ICPC Member since August 2011)
Date of arrest 2009-05-19, 2009-05-21 (detained)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest Two of his poems broadcasted by NTDTV (New Tang Dynasty Television), participation in the activities relevant to the distribution of ” Charter08″, and visiting the dissidents. In 2001, sentenced for three years of Reeducation Through Labor for “anti-Party and anti-socialism” for his joining the China Democratic Party since 1998
Charge Disturbing social order
Date of sentence 2009-06-10
Organ of sentence Public Security Bureau of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Sentence Two years of Reeducation Through Labor (RTL)
Defender no
Place of jail Sanshui Detention Center for RTL, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Situation in jail Forced labor for 12-13 hours daily but no sufficient food, thus causing the loss of body weight and frequent dizziness
Date of release 2011-04-19 (reduced)
Family contact Father/mother, Tel: +86-751-3821551
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released one month early on 2011-04-19
(Therefore the case closed) joined ICPC
References http://crd-net.org/Article/Print.asp?ArticleID=16764
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00251.htm
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luoyong-11062009151327.html (Chinese)
http://crd-net.org/Article/Class53/200907/20090717162046_16321.html (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/hero/yyyxq1911/ (Chinese)