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Four mainlanders jailed for supporting Occupy Central

Four dissidents in Guanghou were sentenced to jail
Four dissidents in Guanghou were sentenced to jail Source: AAP EPA-Jerome Favre

Four residents of Guangzhou who openly voiced their support for the Occupy Central campaign in Hong Kong in 2014 were sentenced to jail Friday for between 18 months and four-and-a-half years.They were charged with inciting subversion of the states political power.The Peoples Procuratorate of Guangzhou handed down the verdict Friday morning.Wang Mo and Xie Wenfei were sentenced to four-and-a-half years, while Zhang Shengyu got four years on the same charge.Chan Siu Kam reports.


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Four residents of Guangzhou who openly voiced their support for the Occupy Central campaign in Hong Kong in 2014 were sentenced to jail Friday for between 18 months and four-and-a-half years.They were charged with inciting subversion of the states political power.The Peoples Procuratorate of Guangzhou handed down the verdict Friday morning.Wang Mo and Xie Wenfei were sentenced to four-and-a-half years, while Zhang Shengyu got four years on the same charge.Chan Siu Kam reports.



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