{"id":156130,"date":"2026-08-16T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156130"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:00:15","slug":"as-china-launches-new-gang-crackdown-lawyers-fear-wrongful-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156130","title":{"rendered":"As China launches new gang crackdown, lawyers fear wrongful convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDuring a crackdown on organised crime, Zeng Jianbin, a real estate developer in Mianyang, southwestern China\u2019s Sichuan province, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for being a \u201cgang leader\u201d.<br \/>\nIn 2023, the Mianyang Intermediate People\u2019s Court convicted Zeng of nine offences, including provoking trouble, illegal lending at high interest and intentional destruction of property. His sentence was particularly harsh because of the organised nature of the crimes.<br \/>\nBut two years later, during his appeal&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3364158\/china-launches-new-gang-crackdown-lawyers-fear-wrongful-convictions?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDuring a crackdown on organised crime, Zeng Jianbin, a real estate developer in Mianyang, southwestern China\u2019s Sichuan province, was sentenced to 20 years in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}