This archive collects the source record concerning Wen Jie (温杰), a Peking University master’s graduate and 1989 protest participant who was imprisoned after June 4, later released, and died on December 20, 1991.
Source chronology
- 1989: Human-rights reporting identifies Wen as a deputy head of the propaganda section of the Command Center to Protect Tiananmen Square.
- 1989–1990/91: Wen was imprisoned for about eighteen months, including at Qincheng Prison. Sources report that he developed cancer while in custody.
- December 20, 1991: Wen died after release. Contemporary reporting described colon cancer; other sources use intestinal or stomach cancer, so the specific clinical form remains unresolved.
- December 24, 1991: About one hundred people attended his funeral in Beijing.
- Late December 1991: Amnesty International and Asia Watch documented detentions and questioning of former cellmates and other mourners after the funeral.
Evidentiary limits
Wen died after release, not in custody. His family and supporters alleged that medical treatment had been withheld while he was imprisoned. That allegation is preserved with attribution; no independent medical investigation or prison record reviewed here establishes the causal relationship.
Key sources
Related records
Person Profile: Wen Jie
Memorial: Wen Jie
Qincheng Prison 1989 reconstruction