Li Tianyi gets 10 years after refusing to repent or compensate victim in case that turned spotlight on China's wealthy elite.
Li Tianyi's father, Li
Shuangjiang, is dean of music at the PLA’s Academy of Arts, and his
mother, Meng Ge, is also a renowned military singer. Photograph: Reuters
The 17-year-old son of a prominent Chinese general and military
singer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for gang-rape, bringing
to an end a six-month affair that provoked widespread outrage about entitlement among the country's wealthy elite.
The Haidian district people's court in Beijing sentenced Li Tianyi and four other juveniles for getting a woman drunk, beating her, and gang-raping her in a Beijing hotel in February. Three others received sentences of three to four years. The only legal adult in the group, a man with the surname Wang, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
The Haidian district people's court in Beijing sentenced Li Tianyi and four other juveniles for getting a woman drunk, beating her, and gang-raping her in a Beijing hotel in February. Three others received sentences of three to four years. The only legal adult in the group, a man with the surname Wang, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
