Peter William Humphrey

Peter William Humphrey
Peter Humphrey filmed by Voice of America
BornMarch 1956 (age 68)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Other names韩飞龙
Occupations
  • Private detective
  • journalist

Peter William Humphrey (born March 1956), commonly known as Han Feilong (Chinese: 韩飞龙) in China, is a British former journalist and private detective, known for his arrest by the Shanghai Police due to allegations that he illegally acquired personal data of Vivian Shi, a Chinese citizen with connections to the Shanghai communist elite. After his release from China in 2018, following two years' detention, he claimed Shanghai was the most corrupt city in China and described the torment he had suffered at Qingpu Prison to global media.[1] The case is widely considered to be one of selective prosecution.[2] In December 2019, he wrote an article for The Sunday Times about a London family who bought charity cards from Tesco and found appeals for help written from Qingpu Prison on the cards,[3] which drew global attention to the prison where Humphrey was held.[4][5]

  1. ^ "韩飞龙：上海是中国最腐败的城市". Welle Deutsche (in Chinese (China)). 18 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Chinese officials used prostate problems to get 'confession', says ex-GSK sleuth". the Guardian. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ^ Humphrey, Peter. "Tesco charity cards 'packed by China's prison slaves'". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ Xiong, Yong; Toh, Michelle (23 December 2019). "Tesco's Chinese Christmas card maker denies using forced prison labor". CNN. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ Siddique, Haroon (22 December 2019). "Tesco withdraws Christmas cards from sale after forced labour claims". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 January 2020.