[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 30, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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                       PRISONER RELEASES IN CHINA

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                          HON. LEE H. HAMILTON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. Speaker, during the recess, the Chinese Government 
released eight political prisoners on medical parole or by commutation 
of sentence. Seven of the prisoners had been detained at the time of 
the Tiananmen incident or earlier. Four of the prisoners released were 
Tibetans.
  These eight individuals are a small fraction of the number 
incarcerated because of their political activities. The Chinese 
Government continues to treat some dissidents as criminals and to deny 
those accused of due process. Yet I believe it is important to take 
note of the release of these eight individuals. I hope that the 
humanitarian leniency of these releases will be extended to others.
  I first learned of these released from Mr. John Kamm, an American 
businessman in Hong Kong, who has worked quietly, yet effectively, to 
facilitate the release of political prisoners in China.
  For the record, the eight people released are as follows:
  1. Wu Zhaoqiang, age 27, unemployed worker in Beijing at the time of 
his arrest, sentenced in 1990 to a 7-year term.
  2. Wang Sinlong, 49, a teacher at Shanxi University in Taiyuan City, 
Shanxi Province, at the time of his arrest, sentenced in 1990 to an 8-
year term.
  3. Leng Wanbao, 34, a worker in Changchun City, Jilin Province, at 
the time of his arrest, sentenced around 1990 to an 8-year term.
  4. Ge Hu, 35, a college teacher in Shanxi Province at the time of his 
arrest, sentenced in 1990 to a 7-year term.
  5. Yulo Dagwacering, 65, a teacher at Tibet University in Lhasa at 
the time of his arrest, sentenced in 1989 to a 10-year term.
  6. Tubdain Namzhub, 67, a lama at the Johkang Monastery at the time 
of his arrest, sentenced in 1989 to a 9-year term.
  7. Chung Bdag, 38, a citizen of Lhasa at the time of her arrest, 
sentenced in1990 to an 8-year term.
  8. Cewang Baindain, 62, a farmer in Lhasa at the time of his arrest, 
sentenced in 1991 to a 5-year term.

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