124. WEN Tao
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1972
Birth place Sichuan Province
Resident place Beijing
Education B.A. at Beijing Normal University
Profession freelance writer, and formal reporter of Global Times
Date of arrest 2011-04-03 (residential surveillance)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Beijing City
Cause of arrest possibly related to Ai Weiwei’s case
Charge unknown
Date of sentence no
Organ of sentence no
Sentence no
Defender no
Place of jail unknown
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2011-06-24
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2011-06-24 (Therefore the case closed)
References http://en.rsf.org/chine-wen-tao-journalist-and-friend-of-13-04-2011,40025.html
http://twitter.com/wentommy (Chinese)
http://rsf-chinese.org/spip.php?article619 (Chinese)
http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2011/04/201104061321.shtml (Chinese)