The 7.09 Prosecutions: Zhu Chengzhi Criminal Judgment
Intermediate People's Court of Suzhou, Jiangsu Criminal Ruling (2020) Su 05 Criminal Final No. 6601 **** Translator's Summary : The court found Zhu guilty on the grounds that he "used foreign Internet platforms to disseminate a large amount of false information relating to significant domestic events that seriously damaged the image of the country and seriously harmed national interests, creating a disturbance, confusing public opinion, causing severe disruption of public order." The court specifically cited Zhu for using "Twitter and Facebook to maliciously sensationalize major domestic events such as the "Jiansanjiang Incident," "Qing'an Incident," and the "Lei Yang Incident," all of which occurred at least two years prior to Zhu's arrest. **** The original public prosecution agency was the People's Procuratorate of Wuzhong District, Suzhou. Appellant (defendant in the original trial) Zhu Chengzhi, male, born [INTENTIO