Translation: Court Judgment in Case of Man Acquitted for Spreading Rumors, Disturbing the Peace, with "Patriotic" Intent
Translator's Summary: Police subjected Wang Doe to five days administrative detention for posting the following "factually incorrect statements" in a QQ chat room: "There has just been a riot in Xinjiang, Muslim Uyghurs killed Han people in Xinjiang. The Hui, who are also Muslims, go to Xinjiang and are subjected to high levels of interrogation and investigation by the police. Is that a problem?" A court rescinded that punishment on the grounds that "the subjective purpose of the plaintiff’s posting of the aforementioned statements was to persuade Internet users in the same chat group, not to spread rumors." Wang's stated intent was to post "patriotic and government-loving statements in the hope that during these extraordinary times Hubei people would understand and cooperate with the actions of the government." Even though the police stated in their administrative punishment decision that Wang had "disrupted the order of a