China Jails Two Men For Birth-Control Riots – Reuters

Reuters reports that two men have been sentenced for their role in violent riots in May over abuse of the family planning policy by local officials in Bobai, Guangxi:

The Bobai county court “recently” sentenced a man surnamed Peng and another surnamed Li to two years and one year in prison respectively for stoking the riots, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Peng was among those who were forced to pay up to tens of thousands of yuan for unapproved births of children. [Full text]