CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-001970
Peng Ming: Cross-Border Custody and Death in Prison in 2016
Date
2004
Location
Myanmar (seizure); Xianning, Hubei, China (imprisonment and death)
Event Type
Disappearance · Detention · Other
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-001970
Summary
China Change recounts Peng’s seizure in Myanmar in 2004, transfer to Chinese custody and life sentence. It attributes the November 29, 2016 death in Xianning Prison to family information.[1]
Description
China Change recounts Peng’s seizure in Myanmar in 2004, transfer to Chinese custody and life sentence. It attributes the November 29, 2016 death in Xianning Prison to family information.[1]
The family’s December 3, 2016 statement, later published by ChinaAid, requested access to the body, an independent autopsy and return of belongings, saying adequate cause-of-death information and a death certificate were unavailable.[2]
Developments
Taken into custody across the border
China Change recounts Peng’s seizure in Myanmar, transfer to Chinese custody and life sentence after overseas democratic organizing and political-transition proposals.[1]
Family reports death in prison
Family requests independent autopsy
Peng’s family issued a statement requesting access to the body, an independent autopsy and return of belongings. ChinaAid later published it.[2]
Related People
Organizations
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Documents
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-994372China Change
Evidence location: Body: activism, 2004 return to custody, life sentence and family report of death in 2016.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-188775ChinaAid
Evidence location: Family statement dated December 3: November 29 death, unavailable cause and request for independent autopsy.