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Beijing court sentences counterfeit merchant
2020-07-29
A court in Beijing sentenced a merchant to pay one million yuan (about $143,000) in damages to JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce giant, for selling counterfeit cosmetics online, the court said on July 27.
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China's Hunan punishes defendants for mafia-style crimes
2020-06-30
Seventeen defendants were given sentences, ranging from the death penalty to prison terms, for mafia-style crimes in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, according to a local court.
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Real estate firm founder gets jail time for molesting child
2020-06-18
A billionaire founder of a domestic real estate firm convicted of molesting a 9-year-old girl at a five-star hotel in Shanghai was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, the longest jail term for molestation under Chinese law, by a local court on June 17.
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Former Hainan judge pleads guilty to bribery
2020-06-18
Zhang Jiahui, former Hainan High People's Court vice-president, dubbed "the richest judge in China", pleaded guilty to taking bribes during a court hearing on June 17 in South China's Hainan province.
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Special court instituted in China's Qinghai to hear environmental cases
2020-06-11
Northwest China's Qinghai Province has instituted a special court that will hear environmental cases and provide legal services for the ecological protection of the Qilian Mountains.
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Man sentenced to one year in jail for poaching rare fish
2020-06-05
A court in Shanghai has sentenced a man to one year in jail for poaching and killing an endangered Chinese sturgeon, with a fine of 5,000 yuan (about 704 U.S. dollars).