{"id":3328,"date":"2019-08-08T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T02:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2019-08-30T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:12:53","slug":"65-yang-maodong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/65-yang-maodong","title":{"rendered":"65. YANG MAODONG (Released)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yang<\/a>Pen name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Guo Feixiong<\/p>\n

Sex<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Male<\/p>\n

Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1966-08-02<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gucheng County, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B.Sc. in Philosophy at East China Normal University, 1988<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freelance writer and independent publisher, adviser of Beijing Shengzhi Law Firm (Honorary member of ICPC)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2005-09-13 (detained), 2005-10-04 (arrested); 2006-09-14 (detained), 2006-09-30 (arrested) (2nd<\/sup>); 2013-08-08 (detained), 2013-09-11(arrested) (3rd<\/sup> )<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fanyu Public Security Bureau (1st<\/sup>); Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (2nd<\/sup>\u00a0 <\/sup>& 3rd<\/sup> )<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 helping the Taishi villagers in the legal procedure and public campaign to dismiss the corrupted village chief, and continuously reporting the event to the press media as well as on Internet (1st<\/sup>); alleged for illegal publishing and selling 20000 copies of books (2nd<\/sup>) ; participation in solidarity with “Southern Weekend” and giving a speech in public (3rd<\/sup> )<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suspicion of assembling a crowd to disturb social order (1st<\/sup>); illegal business (2nd<\/sup>) ; assembling a crowd to disrupt order in public places (3rd<\/sup> )<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2007-11-14 (2nd<\/sup>); 2014-11-28 (3rd, hearing), 2015-11-27 (verdict), 2016-01-16 (appeal)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 People\u2019s Prosecutorate of Fanyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (1st<\/sup>);People\u2019s Court of Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (2nd<\/sup>); Tianhe District People\u2019s Court (3nd), Intermediate People\u2019s Court of Guangzhou City\u00a0(appeal)<\/p>\n

Sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>5 years imprisonment and 40,000 CNY fine (2nd<\/sup>); 6 years imprisonment (3rd)<\/p>\n

Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyer GAO Zhisheng (1st<\/sup>); Lawyer MO Shaoping (2nd<\/sup>); Lawyer SUI Muqing, LIN Qilei, and CHEN Guangwu (3rd<\/sup> )<\/p>\n

Place of jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Shawan Detention Center of Fanyu Public Security Bureau (1st); Meizhou Prison, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province (2nd<\/sup>); No. 1 Detention Center of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (3rd<\/sup> ), Yingde Prison, Yingde City, Guangdong Province\u00a0(now)<\/p>\n

Situation in jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Hunger strike for 2 months (1st<\/sup>); tortured many times and on hunger strike (2nd<\/sup>); rejected to meet lawyers many times (3rd<\/sup> ), suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding, but being denied proper medical treatment in prison.<\/p>\n

Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2005-12-27 (unprosecuted) (1st<\/sup>); 2011-09-13 (2nd<\/sup>); 2019-08-07 (3nd)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ZHANG Qing (wife), 4201 North\u00a0 Garfield\u00a0 Street\u00a0\u00a0 #240, Midland Texas 79705, U.S.A., Tel: +1-432-599 1837<\/p>\n

Donation to<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Account Name: ZHANG Qing
\nWestern National Bank
\nRouting # 116307370\u00a0 Account # 91001676<\/a>
\nAddress: 800 W. Wadley Midland TX. 79705<\/p>\n

Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Released due to expiry of sentence on 2019-08-07<\/p>\n

References<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/release-08082019110354.html<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/chinachange.org\/2014\/07\/07\/guo-feixiong-and-sun-desheng-indictment\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/chinachange.org\/2014\/07\/07\/guo-feixiong-willing-to-be-cannon-fodder-will-be-a-monument\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.hrichina.org\/en\/citizens-square\/i-want-be-man-my-word-summary-guo-feixiong-case-and-his-political-goals<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1297412\/rights-group-says-china-detains-legal-activist<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/china\/20130819\/c19detain\/en-us\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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