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At Least 10 People Convicted in China in 2019 for Twitter Posts that "Disturbed the Peace"

Following up on last week's post " Court Jails Man for 8 Months for Tweets That Harmed China's Image ," below is a list of 9 other similar judgments. Chen Guoji Criminal Judgment (陈国吉寻衅滋事一审刑事判决书) , (2018) Ning 1321 Criminal First Instance No. 164, wherein the court found "Defendant Chen Guoji 'liked' and reposted false information and confusing videos that implicated the image of the State and insulted and defamed State leaders, and his actions are sufficient to cause severe chaos in public order, and constitute the crime of disturbing the peace, and should be punished." Sentence: 2 year suspended sentence. Source: https://wenshu.court.gov.cn/website/wenshu/181107ANFZ0BXSK4/index.html?docId=61aa44e0314a4bfba324aa3b00a6ae78 Wei Qi Criminal Judgment (魏琪寻衅滋事一审刑事判决书) , (2019) Ning 0291 Criminal First Instance No. 146, wherein the court found "Defendant Wei Qi used information networks to insult others and spread false information on informa

Court Jails Man for 8 Months for Tweets That Harmed China's Image

Original Chinese Language Source: Supreme People's Court "China Judgments Online" -  https://wenshu.court.gov.cn/website/wenshu/181107ANFZ0BXSK4/index.html?docId=cd7fedb4c6134ced8e08ab9d00b678f1 People's Court of Daxinganling Prefecture, Jiagedaqi District, Heilongjiang Criminal Judgment (2019) Hei 2701 Criminal First Instance No. 71 The public prosecution agency was the People's Procuratorate of Daxinganling Prefecture, Jiagedaqi District. Defendant Jiang Kun, male, Han nationality, born February 8, 1983 in the Jiagedaqi District in the Daxinganling Prefecture of Heilongjiang Province, university education, no fixed occupation. Residing in the Jiagedaqi District in the Daxinganling Prefecture of Heilongjiang Province. On April 3, 2019, he was taken into administrative detention for this case. On April 17, 2019, he was taken into criminal detention by the Public Security Bureau of Jiagedaqi District on suspicion of committing the crime of defamati