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Peng Hong

 

Charge:

Defamation/Slander

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

China

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Chongqing

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Peng Hong was wrongly convicted in 2009 of defamation for his cartoon mocking politician Bo Xilai's anti-crime campaign in Chongqinq, China. Hong was sentenced to two years in a labor re-education facility on September 10, 2011. After Xilai was removed from power, Hong's conviction was overturned as improper on September 7, 2012. He was awarded $19,000 (120,000 yuan) in compensation. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Peng Hong's defamation conviction was overturned as improper on September 7, 2012."

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Compensation Awarded:

"120,000 yuan (China) (US$19,000 at exchange rate) "

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Chongqing Conviction Quashed, September 12, 2012"

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http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chongqing-09122012155534.html/

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