42. MAO QINGXIANG (released)

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42.   MAO Qingxiang

Pen name

Sex                          Male

Birth date                1949-01-01

Birth place

Resident place         Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Education               Graduate of secondary school

Profession               Worker and editor of Opposition Party (Honorary member of ICPC)

Date of arrest          1999-06-19(detained) / 1999-09-15 (arrested)

Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Cause of arrest       Founding the magazine of Opposition Party for Chinese Democratic Party,

distributing its articles on internet, and communicating with overseas

Charge                    Subversion of the state power

Date of sentence     1999-11-09, 1999-12-10 (appeal)

Organ of sentence   Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang High People’s Court (appeal)

Sentence                  8 Years imprisonment

Defender                 unknown

Place of jail             Zhejiang No. 1 Prison, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Situation in jail        unknown

Date of release        2007-09-14

Family contact        HU Xiaoling (wife), 0086-571-86066394

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Released on expiry of the sentence on 2007-09-14

(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact

References              http://www.democracy.org.hk/EN/nov1999/mainland_05.htm

http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2642 (Chinese)