China hands over American jailed for selling pirated DVDs
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
China has expelled one of two Americans convicted of selling pirated DVDs on the Internet and handed him over to US police.
"US citizen Randolph Hobson Guthrie III was expelled out of China for selling pirated DVDs Thursday and handed over to the US police," the Xinhua news agency cited the Chinese Ministry of Public Security saying.
A US embassy spokesman confirmed Guthrie was put on a plane to be repatriated to the United States Thursday, but said she did not have further details.
Guthrie, 38, was one of two Americans convicted in April in Shanghai.
He was sentenced to up to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay a 500,000 yuan (60,000 dollar) fine.
posted by Fergie @ 9/29/2005 08:06:00 AM
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