6 November 2001

CPJ AWARD WINNER SENTENCED TO NINE-YEAR JAIL TERM


Jiang Weiping, a winner of the Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) 2001 International Press Freedom Award, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for "revealing state secrets," "instigating to overthrow state power" and "illegally holding confidential documents," reports CPJ. According to CPJ sources, the Dalian Intermediate Court in the province of Liaoning handed down the sentence, but it was unclear whether Jiang was found guilty on all charges. None of his relatives were allowed to attend the trial, which was held in secret on 5 September.

Jiang was arrested on 5 December 2000, following the publication of a series of articles he wrote in Hong Kong magazine "Front Line (Qianshao)" in which he uncovered corruption among senior officials in northeastern China. [See IFEX Communiqué #10-42]. ">http://communique.ifex.org/articles.cfm?system_id=3703">#10-42].

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