Chinese billionaire jailed for 18 years for organising an attack on officials

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Sun Dawu, known throughout China after being charged with illegal fundraising in 2003, is among 20 defendants to stand trial after stopping a state-owned enterprise from demolishing a company building.

A prominent billionaire Chinese pig farmer who was detained after praising lawyers during a crackdown on legal activists by China's government was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of organising an attack on officials.His employees tried to stop a state-owned enterprise from demolishing a company building in August 2020

The court said Sun was convicted of gathering people to attack state organs and obstructing public affairs, among a raft of other chargesSun Dawu, chairman of Dawu Agriculture Group, was among 20 defendants who stood trial in Gaobeidian, southwest of Beijing in Hebei province. They were detained after Dawu employees in August 2020 tried to stop a state-owned enterprise from demolishing a company building.Sun was convicted of gathering people to attack state organs, obstructing public affairs, picking quarrels, sabotaging production, illegal mining, illegal occupation of farmland and illegally taking public deposits, the court said.

Other defendants received sentences ranging from one to 12 years, according to a statement from Dawu Group.Sun became known throughout China in 2003 when he was charged with illegal fundraising after soliciting investments for his business from friends and neighbours.

 

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Australia is close to this

if it was in the US you probably got shot by the police in the process

Billionaires will hardly be jailed in the US no matter what they do

It will give him time to work out how to spend his dosh 🙂

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