Protestor jailed for 10 years for assaulting Japanese-car owner
By Hu Min |
July 6, 2013, Saturday
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A MAN who attacked the owner of a Japanese-made car during protests last year in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a court ruled yesterday.
On September 15, the man, Cai Yang, hit the owner of a Toyota Corolla with a U-shaped steering-wheel lock, causing brain damage and partial paralysis.
Cai was also ordered to pay the victim, 51-year-old Li Jianli, more than 250,000 (US$40,322) yuan for his economic losses, according to Lianhu District Court in Xi'an.
Cai attacked Li during anti-Japanese protests sparked by a territorial dispute over the Diaoyu Islands. Similar protests took place in other Chinese cities on September 15 and 16.
Li was in downtown Xi'an looking for an apartment for his soon-to-be-married son, but happened to come across one of the anti-Japanese demonstrations.
He and his wife got out of their car to plead with protesters not to damage his vehicle, but they failed to stop the violence. A video showed Li lying bleeding on the pavement as a young man repeatedly hit him on the head before smashing his car.
Xun Jiankui and 10 others were sentenced up to 22 months in jail for damaging cars made by Japanese automakers.
On September 15, the man, Cai Yang, hit the owner of a Toyota Corolla with a U-shaped steering-wheel lock, causing brain damage and partial paralysis.
Cai was also ordered to pay the victim, 51-year-old Li Jianli, more than 250,000 (US$40,322) yuan for his economic losses, according to Lianhu District Court in Xi'an.
Cai attacked Li during anti-Japanese protests sparked by a territorial dispute over the Diaoyu Islands. Similar protests took place in other Chinese cities on September 15 and 16.
Li was in downtown Xi'an looking for an apartment for his soon-to-be-married son, but happened to come across one of the anti-Japanese demonstrations.
He and his wife got out of their car to plead with protesters not to damage his vehicle, but they failed to stop the violence. A video showed Li lying bleeding on the pavement as a young man repeatedly hit him on the head before smashing his car.
Xun Jiankui and 10 others were sentenced up to 22 months in jail for damaging cars made by Japanese automakers.
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