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Chinese captain jailed for stabbing S. Korea coast guard

THE Chinese fishing captain who stabbed a South Korean coast guard to death and wounded another last December was sentenced to 30 years behind bars by a South Korean court this morning.

Cheng Dawei was also fined 20 million Korean won (US$17,560) by Incheon District Court, People's Daily reported today.

Cheng attacked coast guards after they stopped his boat for illegally fishing in crab-rich South Korean waters on December 12.

The captain stabbed them with broken glass pieces. One officer was taken by helicopter to hospital but later died. Another was injured in the fight, the court said.

Prosecutors suggested death sentence for Cheng as "he committed the murder after careful planning and didn't compensate the victim's family," the report said.




 

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