58. YUE Tianxiang
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1956-12-31
Birth place Tianshui City, Gansu Province
Resident place Tianshui City, Gansu Province
Education Middle school
Profession Former factory worker and chief editor of Zhongguo Gongren Guancha(China
Labor Watch) newsletter (Honorary member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 1999-01-09 (detained)/ 1999-01-26 (arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Tianshui City, Gansu Province
Cause of arrest Publishing Zhongguo Gongren Guancha newsletter, revealing the corruption of
the state-own factories, and joining Chinese Democracy Party
Charge Subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 1999-06-14, 1999-10-29 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Tianshui Intermediate People’s Court, Gansu High People’s Court (appeal)
Sentence 10 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer DOU Peixin
Place of jail Lanzhou Prison, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2008-01-08 (reduced by 1 year)
Family contact Brother, Tel: 0086-938-8285938; CHEN Guozhen (friend), Tel: 0086-951-8191369
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on expiry of the reduced sentence on 2008-01-08
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.ihlo.org/item7/item7b.htm
http://www.amnesty365.org/country/china/case5.html
http://www.alliance.org.hk/prison/?lang=c&viewid=2751(Chinese)