60. CHING Cheong
Pen name Zhong Guoren
Sex Male
Birth date 1949-12-03
Birth place Chaozhou City, Guangdong Fujian Province
Resident place Hong Kong
Education B. Sc. in Geology and Economics at Hong Kong University, 1973
Profession Correspondent of Straits Times (Singapore daily), Hong Kong
(Honorary member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2005-04-22 (hold under surveillance in Beijing), 2005-08-05 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Beijing National Security Bureau
Cause of arrest Unknown
Charge Espionage
Date of sentence 2006-08-31/2006-11-24 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court (closed trial), Beijing High People’s Court (appeal)
Sentence 5-year imprisonment, 1-year deprivation of political rights and expropriation of 300000 CNY
Defender Lawyer HE Peihua
Place of jail Beijing City
Situation in jail Incommunicado
Date of release 2008-02-05 (Parole)
Family contact Mary Lau (wife), Tel: 00852-98643589
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Release on parole on 2008-02-05
(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact
References http://www.chingcheong.com/news.html
http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2006-08-15-voa9.cfm
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13973
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/08/200608161916.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.zaobao.com/gj/zg050706_508.html(Chinese)
http://www.chinesepen.com/wipc/08news-may/531.htm (Chinese)