Demolition crew sentenced

Six people who caused the death of a resident during a forced demolition last year in Jilin province have been convicted of involuntary killing in a court on Wednesday.

Wang Haibin, the prime culprit, received a sentence of five years in prison, and his accomplices will be imprisoned from three to four years.

Wang, along with five other employees from a local demolition agency, was found guilty of accidentally killing a resident who failed to get out of her house when Wang's demolition team tore down a compound in Jilin's capital Changchun on March 26, 2011.