China Sentences Dongzhou Villagers For Their Part in Clashes – RFA

From Radio Free Asia (link):

Dongzhou200512 200Several villagers detained by the authorities after last year’s Dec. 6 clashes in the southern Chinese township of Dongzhou have been sentenced to between three and seven years’ imprisonment by a local court.

“The trial began on May 22, and today, the 24th, all of them received their sentences. Lin Hanru got five years, Huang Xijun also got five years, and Huang Xirang got seven years,” a relative of Lin Hanru told RFA’s Mandarin service.

“All the local officials went to hear the result,” she said. “I don’t know what the charges were.”

See also “13 in Guangdong jailed for inciting villagers” from Shanghai Daily (link).

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