Put on trial in 1979 for "counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement," he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Chen, a 41-year-old economist, was condemned in February 1991 to 13 years prison for "plotting against the government" and "counter-revolutionary propaganda."
Wei was arrested and charged with engaging in "counter-revolutionary propaganda" and passing "military secrets" to a foreign journalist.
He is accused of leaking state secrets and of spreading counter-revolutionary propaganda.
Both men were charged with "spreading counter-revolutionary propaganda".
Accusations of "artistic self-defilement and counter-revolutionary propaganda" struck home.
He was sentenced to prison at a public rally in November 1989 and accused of being a main culprit in an organization that spread "counter-revolutionary propaganda."
The counter-revolutionary propaganda did not fail to emphasize that over half of the commissars were of Jewish origin.
On January 19, 1989 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of 'counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitations'.
Anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitation: at least 6 months of imprisonment.