10 jailed over false imprisonment of petitioners
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Ten people who illegally imprisoned 11 petitioners in Beijing last year received jail sentences ranging from six months to two years at a court Tuesday morning.
Three of the ten are minors and received suspended jail sentences from six to 10 months, according to the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court.
Wang Gaowei and his nine accomplices, ranging in age from 17 to 32, are all natives of Yuzhou City in central China's Henan Province.
They had falsely imprisoned the 11 petitioners, also from Henan, in April 2012 at two courtyards in Wangsiying Township in Beijing's Chaoyang District for between two and six days before being arrested by police on May 2.
The court ruled that Wang and the other nine respondents had infringed the personal rights of the 11 petitioners, which constituted the crime of false imprisonment.
As well as the jail sentences, the criminals will also have to pay each petitioner between 1,300 yuan (208 U.S. dollars) and 2,400 yuan in compensation, the court said.
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