Sunday, 14. January 2007, 04:39:02
Activism, Human Rights, Gao Qinrong, Injustice
Jonathan Ansfield
China Digital Times
2006-12-16Google the name of journalist Gao Qinrong in English today and the top results show a smattering of reports from overseas rights groups and a few news outlets – some noting his early release from prison in Shanxi province earlier this month (see
AFP) (
Article at Yahoo.com, the content has been withheld), but most predating it. Now Google Gao in Chinese (高勤荣) . Reams of fresh material pop up, making Gao a cause celebre for advocates of greater media supervision and free expression in China.
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Sunday, 14. January 2007, 01:11:20
Human Rights, Media Control, Injustice, Gao Qinrong
By Xu Ying
yWeekend (Original Chinese article)
January 4, 2007(Translation by
ESWN)
Later December last year, Gao Qinrong forwarded his appeal materials to the National People's Congress. He said that the materials will be forwarded to the Supreme Court and his appeal will have bright prospects. Gao Qinrong was involved in the report on the Shanxi Fake Irrigation Project and was named a hero reporter for exposing fakery. Later, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison (12 years time served) for "pimping, embezzlement and fraud." After deducting time for good behavior he actually served eight years.
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Monday, 18. December 2006, 19:47:55
ABSURDIST, Activism, Human Rights, Journalism
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By Wang Renlong
Correspondent, China Week
China Daily
2006-12-18(This translation posted by CD appeared firstly at
Danwei.)
Gao Qinrong, a party member and former Shanxi Youth Daily journalist, was the first to expose the fraud committed by Yuncheng District on a fake irrigation project in May, 1998. The Gao Qinrong Interview in Southern Metropolis DailyIn October, 1999, he was sentenced to 12 years on charges of "accepting bribes, pimping, and swindling." On 7 December, 2006, Gao Qinrong was finally set free at the end of his sentence.
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Monday, 18. December 2006, 19:36:26
ABSURDIST, Activism, Human Rights, Injustice
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By Jiang Yingshuang
Correspondent, Southern Metropolis Daily
China Daily
2006-12-18(This translation posted by CD appeared firstly at
EastSouthWestNorth.)
Gao Qinrong, born January 19, 1955, Chinese Communist Party member, former reporter at the Shanxi Youth Daily and then transferred to the Shanxi bureau of Xinhua's magazine.
In May 1998, he was the first to expose the fake irrigation project in the Yuncheng area. On December 4 of the same year, he was detained and then formally arrested on December 26.
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