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China sentences woman to labor campfor Twitter post
(CNN) -- A Chinese woman has been
sentenced to a year in a labor camp for
retweeting a Twitter post that mocked
Chinese protesters who smashed Japanese
products during a recent demonstration, her
fiance said Thursday.
On October 17, Cheng Jianping, under the
username wangyi09, added a few words to a
message written by her fiance, before
resending it on Twitter.
Eleven days later on the day the couple had planned to
marry,
Cheng's fiance, Hua Chunhui was taken away by the police from
his
office in the southeastern city of Wuxi.
Although he was released 5 days later, Hua hasn't seen Cheng
since. He learned from her family that she was taken away by
the
police from in front of the couple's apartment on the same day
as
his arrest.
Cheng, 46, was sentenced to one year in a Henan Province
labor
camp for disturbing social stability.
Cheng also has supported imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate
Liu Xiaobo on Twitter.
Hua said that the tweet was simply meant to be satire, with
no
intention of inciting anti-Japan sentiment. The Twitter
message
mocked young protesters who smashed Japanese products during
a
recent demonstration and suggested they smash the Japan
Pavilion
at the Shanghai World Expo.
"This is ridiculous and a typical case of censorship jail,"
Cheng's
lawyer Lan Zhixue said. "People should not be put in jail due to
their
sarcastic words."
Lan Zhixue and Hua have appealed Cheng's case to the Henan
Provincial Department of Justice and People's Court, asking
formedical parole for Cheng, who suffers from high blood
pressure.
The appeal also asks that she be removed from the labor
camp.
CNN's Jackie Huang contributed to this report.
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Cheng Jianpeng was sentenced to one year in a Henan
Province labor camp for disturbing social stability.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Cheng Jianping goes by the
Twitter username wangyi09
Cheng has supported imprisoned
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu
Xiaobo on Twitter
Cheng has high blood pressure
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