Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1953-11-03
Birth place Hui’an county, Fujian Province
Resident place Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province (US & Hong Kong permanent resident)
Education BA at Xiamen University, MA at New York University
Profession Publisher and editor (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2014-05-30 (detained), 2014-07-04 *arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province
Cause of arrest Operating illegal publications of Hong Kong base magazines that revealed the political rivalry within CCP
Charge Illegal business , bid-rigging and bribery
Date of sentence 2015-04-28 (primary date of hearing but postponed), 2015-11-05 (hearing)，2016-07-26 (verdict)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province
Sentence 5-year and 3-month imprisonment, and 200,000 CNY fine
Defender Lawyers XIA Qianhai and LI Daiyan
Place of jail Detention Center of Shenzhen City (until 2014-11-17), Detention Center of Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2019-08-29 (?)
Family contact XU Zhongyun (wife, co-defendent released on bail), Tel: +86-13691681964
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
Reference
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/two-hong-kong-journalists-jailed-over-sale-of-political-magazines-in-china
http://cpj.org/2014/06/two-hong-kong-journalists-detained-in-mainland-chi.php
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1527767/hong-kong-journalists-held-shenzhen-because-magazines-have-mainland
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/18692 (Chinese)
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2014-06/01/content_2082740.htm (Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/press-06052014095055.html (Chinese)
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20140602/18741189 (Chinese)