DISSIDENT Liu Gang has been put back in jail for 15 days - two months after finishing a six-year sentence for 'subversion', a human rights group said yesterday.
Liu, a leading light in the student pro-democracy movement in 1989, was sent back to prison on Friday after the authorities gave a final verdict on a lawsuit he filed last month against local police officers.
He had attempted to sue the police for forcing him to make 'weekly thought reports' after his release.
When Liu was freed on June 18 after serving his six-year sentence, police from his home town, Longshan District of Liaoyuan City in Liaoning province, imposed a 13-point code of conduct on him, requiring the activist to report to them every week.
But Liu sued the police, claiming the demands broke the law. He also complained that police officers had constantly harassed both him and his family since his release.
In retaliation, the police imposed a 15-day administrative sentence on the 35-year-old for his refusal to follow the order.
Liu Qing, chairman of the New York-based Human Rights in China, said the code of conduct imposed on the dissident infringed his rights.