Chen Xi, 42, a lecturer at Guizhou Jinzhu University, was sentenced in early or mid-1996 to ten years' imprisonment and five years' deprivation of political rights for "organizing and leading a counterrevolutionary group." In May 1995 he initiated an "Open Letter to the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee" which called for democratic reform, respect for human rights, and the release of political prisoners. On May 26 he was detained by the Guiyang PSB. Officers told Chen's family that he was being held under "Shelter and Investigation," but provided no written notification until announcing his formal arrest on 16 August 1995. His verdict states that he and his co-drafters "aimed to subvert proletarian dictatorship and the socialist system" and "schemed to subvert the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party." Chen Xi served a three-year term for "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement" for his role in the 1989 Guiyang democracy movement. (Sources: Human Rights in China - New York)