Skull sentence appealed
By Alice Zhang |
September 9, 2010, Thursday
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A CHINESE-American man who was sentenced to eight years for selling more than 200 human skulls to foreign countries has appealed in Beijing.
Ding Hai, who has a PhD from Florida State University, said he was not trading the skulls for profits, so the charge of running an illegal business of human remains was groundless, the Beijing Higher People's Court heard yesterday.
Ding said he delivered the skulls to the United States to build a pagoda out of personal interest. He said he had no motive for running the trade for money because he earned a good living in the US from consultant work, reported yesterday's Beijing Times.
Ding said he had checked with legal experts when he saw vendors selling skulls in a Beijing antique market in 2004 and was told it was legal under China's law.
The court didn't hand down a final verdict.
Ding was arrested in June 2008 in a countryside villa outside Beijing where police found about 1,100 human skulls in the garage.
Ding Hai, who has a PhD from Florida State University, said he was not trading the skulls for profits, so the charge of running an illegal business of human remains was groundless, the Beijing Higher People's Court heard yesterday.
Ding said he delivered the skulls to the United States to build a pagoda out of personal interest. He said he had no motive for running the trade for money because he earned a good living in the US from consultant work, reported yesterday's Beijing Times.
Ding said he had checked with legal experts when he saw vendors selling skulls in a Beijing antique market in 2004 and was told it was legal under China's law.
The court didn't hand down a final verdict.
Ding was arrested in June 2008 in a countryside villa outside Beijing where police found about 1,100 human skulls in the garage.
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