Lü Gengsong

Lü Gengsong (; also written as Lu Gengsong; born on January 7, 1956, in Hangzhou ) is a Chinese writer and civil rights activist. He is mostly recognized as the author of the book A History of Chinese Communist Party Corrupt Officials, which appeared in Hong Kong in 2000. He was imprisoned in 2008 and 2016. and "illegally possessing state secrets". He was formally arrested in September. On 5 February 2008, the Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou announced the verdict over Lü to four years in jail; Lü's wife, Wang Xue'e told AFP from her home in Hangzhou that "the charges are groundless" and that the "provincial and city governments just want to make him shut up". According to Human Rights in China, police warned Wang against petitioning in Beijing for her detained husband, threatening her with dismissal from her job if she did. Lü was released in August 2011.

In July 2013, the daughter of Lü was disallowed to fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Hong Kong, which Lü in an interview with Radio Free Asia ascribed to his political activities.

On August 13, 2014, Lü was arrested for "subversion of state power", according to a statement from his lawyer, who suspected that the arrest was in relation to the ties of Lü with the banned China Democracy Party. He had been detained, and his house searched and his computers confiscated, in November 2013 on similar charges.

In May 2021, it was reported that family members of Lü were informed by Zhejiang prison authorities that prisoners who had not pleaded guilty would be subject to stricter controls, which applied to Lü. It was also reported that he was in poor physical and mental health, and had lost most of his teeth.