Death sentences for China riots

[demoleft]

Source: bbc

A Chinese court has sentenced six people to death for murder and other crimes during ethnic riots in Xinjiang region in July, state media have said.

Nearly 200 people were killed during the riots between ethnic Uighurs and members of China's dominant Han group.

A seventh person received a life sentence, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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As well as murder, state media reported that they were convicted of other crimes ranging from arson, leading mobs and causing "economic loss".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8302140.stm

[KillCapitalism]

1. This is not good for China

The persons executed were muslim IIRC. Anyway, didn't Bin Laden recently release a tape where he threatened China with some terrorist attacks?

[Xithras]

2. I doubt China is worried.

China has repeatedly shown a willingness to engage in brutal suppression and outright racism to push their agendas, and they have the population to enforce their will indefinitely. A million soldiers on the border to block infiltrators is nothing to them.

[proteus_lives]

3. They are being executed for crossing the regime and being Muslim.

Not for for riot crimes.

[LeftishBrit]

4. The DP for causing 'economic loss'?

Disgusting even if this were the genuine reason.

Much of it is for (a) belonging to an ethnic minority; (b) opposing the regime.

And there are people on DU who think that China should be emulated with regard to extending the DP!