Fang Bin disappeared and remained traceless since February 2020 after reporting on the Covid-19 situation in Wuhan city
A pro-democracy activist holds a placard of missing citizen journalist Fang Bin as she protests outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AFP)
A Chinese citizen journalist who was imprisoned for three years after a secret trial for reporting on the Covid-19 situation in Wuhan City will be released at the end of this month after completing his jail term, says a report.
Fang Bin disappeared on Feb. 1, 2020, after he live-streamed the pandemic situation from healthcare facilities and funeral homes in Wuhan in central China, where the first cases were reported, and remained traceless for the past three years, Radio Free Asia reported on April 18.
The police had informed Fang’s family of his upcoming release on April 30, but did not inform them about the details of his conviction, said an unnamed source.
"Fang Bin was sentenced in secret by the Jiang'an District People's Court to more than three years' imprisonment," the source said.
"The family hasn't received any legal documents or a copy of the judgment, and they don’t know the nature of the charges,” the source further added.
He served his sentence in the Xiaojunshan former juvenile correctional center in Wuhan's Jiangxia district.
"He may have been held in solitary confinement for more than three years," the source said.
"Friends of the family have said Fang Bin will...
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