26. TAO Haidong
Pen name Yuzhixin
Sex Male
Birth date 1957-05-03
Birth place Huaiyang City, Anhui Province
Resident place UrumqiCity, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education Graduated from TechnicalMiddle School
Profession Freelance writer (Honorary member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2002-07-09
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Posting his articles and books on both Chinese and overseas websites of
predicting the collapse of China’s economy and criticising the leaders
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence uncertain, between 2003-01-08 and 2003-02-16
Organ of sentence Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court
Sentence 7 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender unknown
Place of jail Changji Prison, Changji City 831100, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2009-07-08
Family contact TAO Haiying (brother ), Tel:0086-996-228858, 0086-13031239222(m)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of the sentence on 2009-07-08
(Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/33614/
http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/taohaidong.htm (Chinese)
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2930 (Chinese)