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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant Three Times In 4 Years To Avoid 5-Year Jail Term
According to Chinese law, pregnant or nursing women can serve their sentence outside of prison under local authority supervision.
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Vivo Money Laundering Case: Court Seeks Report From Jail On Shifting Accused
A Delhi court has sought a report from Tihar authorities regarding the reported shifting of Lava International Managing Director Hariom Rai, arrested in a money-laundering case against Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, to a separate jail in Tihar here.
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Chinese Man Gets 6 Months In Jail For Scaring 1,100 Of His Neighbour's Chickens To Death
Chinese authorities estimated that the 1,100 dead chickens were worth about 13,840 yuan (Rs 1,64,855).
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Jailed For 7 Years For Setting 'Slow' Internet Cables On Fire
A man in China has been sentenced to seven years in jail for setting internet equipment ablaze after becoming enraged over a slow connection, authorities have said.
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Coronavirus Carrier From Wuhan Faces Jail In Singapore For Lying To Health Officials
A Chinese national who contracted coronavirus has been charged by Singaporean authorities for allegedly giving false information about his whereabouts in the city-state and could face up to six months in jail.
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China Daycare Teacher Jailed For Allegedly Abusing Children With Needles
A Chinese kindergarten teacher was on Friday jailed for 18 months for abusing children with needles, a Beijing court said. Liu Yanan, who was a teacher at the RYB Education New World kindergarten, pricked four children with needles in November 2017.
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Homoerotic Novel Writer In China Gets 10 Years In Jail For "Obscene" Work
A Chinese court's 10-year jail term for an author of a homoerotic book found guilty of profiting from selling "obscene" literature has been met with disbelief among some internet users who question how the crime could warrant so severe a punishment.
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Chinese Court Jails Liu Shaoming, Author Of Tiananmen Report
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for "inciting subversion" through a written account of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, his lawyer told AFP.
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China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
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China Court Jails Religious 'Cult' Leader for Life
A Chinese court has sentenced the leader of a religious sect labelled a cult by authorities to life in prison on several charges, according to an official statement, with three of his followers also jailed.
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China Frees Wife of British Investigator in GlaxoSmithKline Case
Chinese authorities have released the jailed American wife and business partner of a British investigator linked to a corruption case involving pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a family friend said today.
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China Releases Jailed British Investigator Linked to GlaxoSmithKline
Chinese authorities today granted early release to a jailed British investigator who was linked to a corruption case involving pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), his son and a family friend told AFP.
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Tibet Group Says Three More Dead After Police Shooting
An overseas rights group says three more Tibetan protesters shot and detained by Chinese authorities have died in jail after being denied medical treatment for their injuries, which would bring the death toll in recent violence to five.
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China Releases Human Rights Lawyer Jailed for Years: Relative
A Chinese human rights lawyer whose secret detention and alleged torture by Communist authorities prompted an international outcry was released Thursday after a three-year jail sentence, a close relative said.
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China jails more than 1,400 in lending crackdown
Chinese authorities have sentenced more than 1,400 people to prison terms of at least five years for involvement in underground lending in a crackdown on a financing practice widely used by China's entrepreneurs, a police official said on Friday.
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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant Three Times In 4 Years To Avoid 5-Year Jail Term
According to Chinese law, pregnant or nursing women can serve their sentence outside of prison under local authority supervision.
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Vivo Money Laundering Case: Court Seeks Report From Jail On Shifting Accused
A Delhi court has sought a report from Tihar authorities regarding the reported shifting of Lava International Managing Director Hariom Rai, arrested in a money-laundering case against Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, to a separate jail in Tihar here.
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Chinese Man Gets 6 Months In Jail For Scaring 1,100 Of His Neighbour's Chickens To Death
Chinese authorities estimated that the 1,100 dead chickens were worth about 13,840 yuan (Rs 1,64,855).
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Jailed For 7 Years For Setting 'Slow' Internet Cables On Fire
A man in China has been sentenced to seven years in jail for setting internet equipment ablaze after becoming enraged over a slow connection, authorities have said.
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Coronavirus Carrier From Wuhan Faces Jail In Singapore For Lying To Health Officials
A Chinese national who contracted coronavirus has been charged by Singaporean authorities for allegedly giving false information about his whereabouts in the city-state and could face up to six months in jail.
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China Daycare Teacher Jailed For Allegedly Abusing Children With Needles
A Chinese kindergarten teacher was on Friday jailed for 18 months for abusing children with needles, a Beijing court said. Liu Yanan, who was a teacher at the RYB Education New World kindergarten, pricked four children with needles in November 2017.
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Homoerotic Novel Writer In China Gets 10 Years In Jail For "Obscene" Work
A Chinese court's 10-year jail term for an author of a homoerotic book found guilty of profiting from selling "obscene" literature has been met with disbelief among some internet users who question how the crime could warrant so severe a punishment.
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Chinese Court Jails Liu Shaoming, Author Of Tiananmen Report
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for "inciting subversion" through a written account of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, his lawyer told AFP.
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China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
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China Court Jails Religious 'Cult' Leader for Life
A Chinese court has sentenced the leader of a religious sect labelled a cult by authorities to life in prison on several charges, according to an official statement, with three of his followers also jailed.
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China Frees Wife of British Investigator in GlaxoSmithKline Case
Chinese authorities have released the jailed American wife and business partner of a British investigator linked to a corruption case involving pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a family friend said today.
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China Releases Jailed British Investigator Linked to GlaxoSmithKline
Chinese authorities today granted early release to a jailed British investigator who was linked to a corruption case involving pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), his son and a family friend told AFP.
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Tibet Group Says Three More Dead After Police Shooting
An overseas rights group says three more Tibetan protesters shot and detained by Chinese authorities have died in jail after being denied medical treatment for their injuries, which would bring the death toll in recent violence to five.
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China Releases Human Rights Lawyer Jailed for Years: Relative
A Chinese human rights lawyer whose secret detention and alleged torture by Communist authorities prompted an international outcry was released Thursday after a three-year jail sentence, a close relative said.
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China jails more than 1,400 in lending crackdown
Chinese authorities have sentenced more than 1,400 people to prison terms of at least five years for involvement in underground lending in a crackdown on a financing practice widely used by China's entrepreneurs, a police official said on Friday.
