{"id":3737,"date":"2019-09-11T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T04:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2020-02-02T03:54:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:54:31","slug":"154-yiu-mantin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/154-yiu-mantin","title":{"rendered":"154. YIU MANTIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yao<\/a>Pen name<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0aka YAO Wentian<\/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 1941-07-11<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sichuan Province<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hong Kong<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0University graduate<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Publisher and chief editor of Morning Bell Press, Hong Kong (Honorary member of ICPC and Danish PEN Center)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2013-10-27 (detained), 2013-11-12 (arrested)<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Security Bureau of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reportedly working with US-based author and dissident Yu Jie to publish his book entitled “Chinese Godfather Xi Jinping”<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Carrying illegal items (detention), smuggling ordinary goods (arrest,verdict)<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2014-03-31(hearing), 2014-04-11(hearing continuous), 2014-05-07 (verdict), 2014-07-18 (appeal verdict)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Intermediate People’s Court of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province,\u00a0High\u00a0People’s Court of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province (appeal)<\/p>\n

Sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 years imprisonment and 250,000 CNY fine<\/p>\n

Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyer ZHANG Hui, Lawyer MO Shaoping and DING Xikui<\/p>\n

Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dowan Prison, 523299 Dongwan, Guangdong Province<\/p>\n

Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suffering from severe heart disease, several times of unconsciousness during detention so as being sent to hospital for emergency treatments<\/p>\n

Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2023-02-26 (reduced by 8 months on 2019-04-30)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YAO Yongzhan (son), USA, Tel: \u00a0+1-651-3679286<\/p>\n

Donation to<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC\uff0c Danish PEN<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Main case<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Reference<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/cpj.org\/2014\/05\/hong-kong-publisher-yao-wentian-jailed-for-10-year.php<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/china-publisher-yao-wentian-aka-yiu-mantin-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.englishpen.org\/china-publisher-yao-wentian-aka-yiu-mantin-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/29\/world\/asia\/publisher-of-book-critical-of-chinas-leader-is-arrested.html?_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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