After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake , he assisted in relief work and also responded to some parents ' requests for assistance in their questions and complaints concerning the collapse of school buildings . Huang posted their demands as an article on his website . A week later , on June 10 , plain-clothed policemen arrested him in Chengdu and held him " on suspicion of illegally possessing state secrets " , an ill-defined charge often used by the Chinese government to clamp down on dissent . A formal announcement of his arrest was made on July 18 , 2008 . He was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in November 2009 based on the discovery of two city-level documents in his house . The court was heavily guarded by police with only Huang 's wife and mother allowed to enter , Huang 's lawyers were unable to attend because of short notice given . Huang is expected to appeal against the verdict and has been refused bail
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Huang Qi