Chinese tenor's son receives 10-year jail term

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Chinese tenor's son receives 10-year jail term

(Chinadaily.com.cn) 10:55, September 26, 2013

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Meng Ge, mother of a teenager who was allegedly involved in a gang-rape case, enters the Beijing Haidian District People's Court in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2013. The teenage son of Li Shuangjiang, a renowned Chinese tenor, was sentenced to ten years in prison for rape on Thursday, according to the court. Five men were detained on Feb. 21 after a woman surnamed Yang reported to police that she had been taken to a hotel and gang raped after drinking with the men in a bar on Feb. 17. The case soon came to the spotlight as the son of Li, dean of the music department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, was among the five suspects. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

The teenage son of a famous Chinese military singer was sentenced to 10 years for rape on Thursday.

Li Tianyi, 17, raped a woman surnamed Yang in a hotel with four others after getting drunk in a bar on Feb 20, according to Beijing Haidian District People's Court.

The other four received sentences from three years with probation to 12 years in prison.

The convict's father is Li Shuangjiang, a well–known PLA artist, while his mother, Meng Ge, was also a singer with the army.

The case has captured the public's attention since February, while Meng claimed her son was innocent.

（Editor：HuangJin、Zhang Qian）