Fraud-busters: court 'lenient'
By Zhang Xuanchen |
October 13, 2010, Wednesday
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TWO science fraud-busters said they would appeal the "too lenient" sentence given to a medical professor who hired thugs to attack them.
And the convicted professor also pledged to appeal, arguing the case was a mere domestic dispute.
Fang Zhouzi, known as "science cop" for exposing academic frauds, and Fang Xuanchang, a financial journal editor, said they were surprised after the defendant Xiao Chuanguo was convicted of "creating a disturbance and damaging social order" instead of attempted murder, saying Xiao showed obvious motive and intention to kill them.
Xiao's lawyer Gao Zicheng said Xiao denied the charge because the police medical report showed the two merely suffered minor injuries, which should have downgraded the case to a domestic dispute.
Xiao said he finally resorted to violence because Fang repeatedly slandered his academic achievements while all his legal efforts flopped.
He said he played a minor role in the plot, in which three people beat Fang Zhouzi with a hammer, saying he took the advice of his relative Dai Jianxiang to "teach Fang a lesson" and never expected the result to be as serious as it turned out, China News Service reported.
The Shijingshan People's Court in Beijing didn't comment after handing down the verdict on Sunday.
And the convicted professor also pledged to appeal, arguing the case was a mere domestic dispute.
Fang Zhouzi, known as "science cop" for exposing academic frauds, and Fang Xuanchang, a financial journal editor, said they were surprised after the defendant Xiao Chuanguo was convicted of "creating a disturbance and damaging social order" instead of attempted murder, saying Xiao showed obvious motive and intention to kill them.
Xiao's lawyer Gao Zicheng said Xiao denied the charge because the police medical report showed the two merely suffered minor injuries, which should have downgraded the case to a domestic dispute.
Xiao said he finally resorted to violence because Fang repeatedly slandered his academic achievements while all his legal efforts flopped.
He said he played a minor role in the plot, in which three people beat Fang Zhouzi with a hammer, saying he took the advice of his relative Dai Jianxiang to "teach Fang a lesson" and never expected the result to be as serious as it turned out, China News Service reported.
The Shijingshan People's Court in Beijing didn't comment after handing down the verdict on Sunday.
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