Society
Court upholds jail term for pop singer over fatal gang fight
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-29 20:39
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BEIJING: The Beijing Higher People's Court on Friday upheld the six-year jail term for pop singer Zang Tianshuo over a gang fight that caused one death and three injuries.
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 Pop singer Zang Tianshuo (L) loses his appeal against his six-year jail term for a gang fight which resulted in one death and three others injured. Zang lodged an appeal against sentence passed by Beijing Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People's Court last November but Beijing Higher People's Court upheld the term on January 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
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The court rejected Zang's appeal against the sentence, which was handed down at the Beijing Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in November, a court statement said.
Zang, 45, was detained in September 2008. He had been in a business dispute with Sun Baohe over a disco bar in which they were partners in Langfang city, neighboring Beijing.
At Zang's instruction, bar manager Lu Changchun organized a 100-strong gang armed with clubs, iron pipes and blades.
The gang was involved in a fight with 20 other people led by Sun in the square outside the Langfang Railway Station on June 21, 2003. One man from Sun's side was killed and three were slightly injured.
Lu fled the scene and was caught by police in the northeast China city of Changchun in July 2008.
Lu, 44, was sentenced to nine years in jail.
Zang, a household name in China, was one of China's first rock musicians. He has written many hit songs, such as "Friends," and a number of movie and advertising tunes. He was voted the most popular mainland singer/songwriter at the 9th Chinese Music Awards in 2003.
