Errant boss jailed, fined for failing to pay workers

A restaurant boss who failed to pay 133 workers 807,000 yuan ($124,000) has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined 50,000 yuan.

The verdict against Song Tao was handed down at the Zhongshan No 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday after Song failed to pay staff at his eatery in Zhongshan, Guangdong province.

Xu Hongxiang, the presiding judge, said there was no doubt Song had committed the crime of refusing to pay his workers' salaries and that his actions had a significant social impact.