Lu Decheng
Lu Decheng | ||
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鲁德成 | ||
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Hanyu Pinyin Lǔ Déchéng | |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Luu Dercherng | |
Wade–Giles | Lu Te-ch'eng |
Lu Decheng (Simplified Chinese: 鲁德成; Pinyin: Lǔ Déchéng) was born in
Life Before Tiananmen
Lu worked for the bus company in Liuyang, Hunan, China.
The egg washing of Mao
In May, 1989, Lu and his two friends “had lost all faith in the CCP”. After participating in a parade in
Conviction and Imprisonment
The three men were tried after June 4 and found guilty for counterrevolutionary sabotage. Lu Decheng was sentenced to 16 years, Yu Dongyue 20 years and Yu Zhijian life in prison. The three men were kept in the same prison, No. 2 Prison in Hunan province.[citation needed] In 1990, the three men were separated. The authorities did not feel that they should be held in the same prison and continue to be in contact.[5] On top of the hard physical labour they were expected to do as prisoners, Lu was also tortured psychologically because of his status as a political prisoner.[5] Yu Dongyue was also tortured so badly that he was reduced to insanity. In July, 1995, Qiuping came to the prison and asked Lu for a divorce.[3] Lu Decheng was released from prison after serving 9 years, in 1998.
Life after prison
After his release in 1998, Lu remarried and started a new family. He tried to find work, but the Chinese authorities continued to hound him, making it an impossible task. In 2004, Lu secretly traveled to Thailand in order to fly to Canada. In August 2004 he left Liuyang and trekked over the mountains and through the jungle until he reached Burma. Lu was not allowed to leave China and was not given exit visa by the government, so he had to travel in secret. From Burma he was able to get to Bangkok, though it took him over two months.
References
- ^ a b "六四30周年,天安门泼毛像者鲁德成谈民运"一事无成"". Voice of America (in Chinese). 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ "Chinese writer goes on trial over articles put on Internet". The New York Times. 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Chong, Denise. Egg On Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2009.
- ^ Mickleburgh, Rod (2006-04-12). "Canadians win freedom for Chinese dissident". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ a b Richards, Gwendolyn . "Calgary man is Tiananmen Square `hero'." June 4, 2009.http://64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=13&id=4505
- ^ "Opinion: Lu Decheng's claim". The Globe and Mail. 2006-03-21. Retrieved 2023-01-14.