Li Zongshang 李宗尚

Status: Canonical people profile; source enrichment continues.

Li Zongshang (李宗尚), a Zhongyuan Oilfield worker, participated in the 1998 Henan China Democracy Party preparatory-registration effort and is documented as a former detainee.

Custody record

Historical and participant sources report that police seized Li while he was visiting Liu Lianjun in Weifang in October 1998 and returned him toward Henan. The exact legal basis, detention duration and release date remain open. Later participant history establishes that the episode ended, but no primary release instrument has been recovered. Current status was not established in the controlled pass.

Evidence status

The baseline includes Human Rights Watch, contemporaneous international reporting, Chinese PEN-hosted history, Beijing Spring and participant memoir. Original Henan registration documents and October 1998 police, transfer and release records remain enrichment targets.

Last controlled research verification: September 9, 2026.