Chinese workers jailed for high-rise demo in Singapore
- Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 23.49
- Online news: Asia
A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese workers to four weeks in jail each for staging a high-rise protest atop construction cranes in December, local media reported.
A Singapore civil defense force officer (R) assists a mainland Chinese worker down from a crane after protesting at a construction site in Singapore on December 6, 2012. A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese workers to four weeks in jail each for staging a high-rise protest atop construction cranes in December, local media reported.
Zhu Gulei, 24, and Wu Xiaolin, 47, were sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal trespass when they clambered atop two tower cranes at a building site, the Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia said on their websites.
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