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Gou Hongguo gets suspended sentence for state subversion

Xinhua, August 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Gou Hongguo, an associate of an underground church leader, was convicted of subverting state power and sentenced to three years in prison with a three-year reprieve on Friday.

He has also been deprived of his political rights for three years, according to the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Tianjin, a northern port city close to Beijing.

Gou pled guilty and said at the court he would not appeal. Endi