1 KONG Youping
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1955
Birth place Anshan City, Liaoning Province
Resident place Anshan City, Liaoning Province
Education Middle school
Profession Freelance writer and factory worker
(Honorary Member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2003-12-13 (detained)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
Cause of arrest Writing and publishing articles on internet
Charge Subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2004-09-16
Organ of sentence Shenyang Intermediate People’s Court, Liaoning High People’s Court, (appeal)
Sentence 10 Years imprisonment and 4 Years deprivation of political rights (reduced after appeal)
Defender unknown
Place of jail Lingyuan Prison, Liaoning Province
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2013-12-12
Family contact LIU Yaru (wife), ZHANG Suzi (wife of a friend) , Tel: 0086-412-2314702
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on expiry of the sentence on 2013-12-12 (Case therefore closed)
References http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/61321/
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/2003/12/20/293170-ap.html
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/kongyouping.htm (Chinese)
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2792 (Chinese)