17. JIANG Weiping
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1955
Birth place
Resident place Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Education B.A. in History at LiaoningUniversity, Shenyang, LiaoningProvince, 1982
Profession Reporter and chief of Northeast China Office of Wenhui Bao (a Hong Kong
based daily)
(Honorary members of ICPC, English and CanadianPENCenter,
ICPC member since June 2009)
Date of arrest 2000-12-04 (secretly arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Cause of arrest Writing and publishing articles of criticizing the corruption of high-ranking
government officers
Charge Leaking the state secrets and inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2002-01-25, 2002-12-26(appeal)
Organ of sentence Dalian Intermediate People’s Court, Liaoning High People’s Court (appeal)
Sentence 6 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights (reduced after appeal)
Defender unknown
Place of jail Dalian Prison, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Situation in jail Arthritis worsening
Date of release 2006-01-03 (reduced)
Family contact LI Yanling (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, English and Canadian PEN centers
Current Status Released on 2006-01-03 due to one year reduction of sentence
(Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/honorarymembers/china/jiangweiping/
http://www.pencanada.ca/prison/casesheets/cs_jiang.php
http://www.cpj.org/awards01/Jiang.htm
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=3088 (Chinese)