In retribution for his blog posts discussing fraud and corruption committed by a local party official and other government criticism, Chen Jieren was held in criminal detention for retaliatory charges of bribery and racketeering before a trial in late 2019. In April 2020, he was fined over 7 million yuan and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for “denigrating” the Chinese Communist Party.
Chen Jieren
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