{"id":6668,"date":"2020-02-25T01:03:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T06:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=6668"},"modified":"2020-02-25T07:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T12:56:58","slug":"218-gui-minhai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/218-gui-minhai","title":{"rendered":"219. GUI MINHAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GuiPenname\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 Ah Hai<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Birth date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong> 1964-05-05<\/p>\n

Birth place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Ning City,\u00a0Zhejiang Province<\/span><\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany (Swedish citizen)<\/span><\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.A. in History at Peking University (1985), M.A. in Humanities<\/span> (1990) and Ph.D in History (1996) at University of Gothenburg <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Writer, publisher and bookseller; head of Mighty Current Media and Causeway Bay Bookstore, Hong Kong. (ICPC member)<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2015-10-17 (disappeared in Tailand), 2015-10-xx(imprisoned for a early sentence in China), 2016-02-xx (charged for an new offence); 2018-01-19 (arrest, 2nd)<\/p>\n

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

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Writing, editing, publishing and selling the political gossip books on China\u2019s leaders, and so charged\u00a0by the police for illegally selling some 4,000 coopies of them in China mainland via an online platform and evading customs inspections to 380 customers in 28 provinces since October 2014 (1 st); unknown (2nd)<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suspicion of illegal business (1st); illegally providing intelligence overseas (2nd)<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2020-02-24<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Intermediate People’s Cour of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province<\/p>\n

Sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>10 years imprisonment and 5 years deprivation of political rights<\/p>\n

Defender<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cixi Detention Center, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province<\/p>\n

Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Unknown<\/p>\n

Date of release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 2017-10-xx (1st);\u00a0 2028-02-19 (?)<\/p>\n

Family contact\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donation to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

All of his four Hong Kong based co-suspects were released on bail pending trial and returned to Hong Kong in March-June, 2016.<\/p>\n

Reference<\/strong><\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-51624433<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3043025\/detained-hong-kong-bookseller-gui-minhai-alive-and-well<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/returned-hong-kong-bookseller-says-confession-scripted-lee-bo-abducted<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gui_Minhai<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/dec\/08\/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/politics\/article\/1898013\/swedens-foreign-ministry-takes-serious-view-over<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-35338484<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QxxY73pY6QE<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/thai-authorities-investigate-how-missing-hong-kong-bookseller-gui-minhai-got-china-1538898<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/politics\/article\/1906663\/swedish-police-thailand-look-gui-minhai-disappearance<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/01\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-bookseller-gui-minhai.html?_r=0<\/a><\/span>
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