Monday May 19, 2003 8:39 AM
A Chinese court has rejected an appeal of three-year sentence of American
linked to Falun Gong
By AUDRA ANG
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court has rejected an appeal by an American linked
to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement who was sentenced to three years in
prison [...] the U.S. Embassy said Monday.
The charges against Charles Li appeared to be related to incidents in which
Falun Gong [practitioners tapped] into Chinese television signals to show videos
protesting the government's 4-year-old ban on the group.
Li, of Menlo Park, Calif., was sentenced March 21 by the Yangzhou
Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Yangzhou, which also ordered
him deported. Yangzhou is 120 miles northwest of Shanghai.
The court turned down Li's appeal on May 9, said the embassy spokesman, who
spoke on customary condition of anonymity.
It was not clear whether Li would be deported immediately or serve jail time
in China.
An official at the Yangzhou court said Li was in a prison in the eastern city
of Nanjing. A man who answered the telephone at the Nanjing prison refused to
give any details.
[...]
Thousands of followers have been detained. Activists abroad say scores have
died in police custody from beatings and abuse. [...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2691870,00.html
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