Habay Province of Gaobejan, located near Beijing, sentenced the Chinese agricultural magnate Sun Davu, rejected on industrial pig breeding, by 18 years of imprisonment for “provoking trouble”. This is reported by Edition The Guardian.
Businessman arrested on November 11, 2020, together with his wife, two sons and daughters. The sentence was made after several weeks of secret hearings. The court ruled that the businessman is guilty of “the organization of the crowd to attack the state authorities”, “preventing state administration”, “inciting quarrels and provoking troubles,” and planted him to prison for 18 years.
Such formulations are often used in criminal cases during the political persecution of human rights defenders and dissidents in China, the Guardian notes. Groups of Chinese human rights defenders note that persecution can really be revenge for the long-time friendship of the billionaire with Chinese dissidents. Such links are turning to criminal prosecution due to the rigid policy of China, aimed at combating opposition.
Sun Davu is the founder of Dawu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Group. His multi-billion dollar business provided the work of nine thousand people. A businessman built a separate city for his employees, where he repelled his vision of a fair rural society: in it residents receive free or preferential access to health care, school education and entertainment.
The Hong Kong Supreme Court issued the first sentence for violating the law on national security. A 24-year-old Tong In-Keith became convicted, a former worker of the restaurant, which was recognized as guilty of terrorism and incitement to separatism. For these crimes, he may face a life imprisonment.
In 2020, in response to mass protests against the law on the extradition of the Hong Kongs, the law on National Security was adopted in Hong Kong to the territory of China. This was the reason for new unrest among residents of a special administrative district. In turn, Western countries accused China in violating human rights and Hong Kong’s autonomy.