Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
太湖卫士吴立红被判三年 (Tai Lake Defender Wu Lihong Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/10
/wulihong/
On August 10, Tai Lake defender Wu Lihong (吴立红) was sentenced to three years' imprisonemnt by a Jiangsu court on charges of fraud and blackmailing. He said he would appeal the verdict, which was delivered at the end of the one-day trial. According to Wu's wife, the sum of money in dispute was only a commission for the service Wu provided to a company; it was not obtained illegally. Wu had complained of torture against him during interrogation, but the court did not find even minor injuries.
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