6 minutes agoChina sentences it to 18 years in prison: charged with “provocation”
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Sun Daqu, a Chinese billionaire in the agriculture industry, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and sentenced to nearly 400 thousand euros for crimes involving “proof of trouble”, in a case that observers believe has political motives. The court in Gaobeidian, near Beijing, said Sun was guilty of crimes involving “collection of [...]
The Gaobeidian court, near Beijing, said Sun was guilty of crimes involving “crowd collection to attack state bodies”, “preventing government administration” and “provocation of trouble”.
Sun, a supporter and friend of Chinese political dissidents, was arrested on November 11th along with 20 other people, including his wife, two sons, and one son's wife, reports Guardian, translates Periscopi.
Groups for human rights have called such a judgment revenge for his friendship with Chinese dissidents.
Sun, who turned 67 this month, is a former pig farm that had created a powerful agricultural group.
His billion-dollar business has about 9,000 workers.
His achievements were initially applauded by government officials who made him representatives of the government body of China. But he also used his success to provide help to human rights lawyers and dissidents. /Periscope
