Three strike agitators sentenced

Three people who organized labor strikes were found guilty of disrupting public order on Monday and handed suspended sentences ranging from 18 months to three years by a court in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Zeng Feiyang was given a four-year suspended sentence. He will serve jail time only if he breaks the law during the sentence period. Tang Huanxing and Zhu Xiaomei were each given 18-month sentences that were suspended for two years. All three had worked at a support center for migrant workers founded by Zeng that has since been closed by authorities.

"The defendants ignored national laws and organized mass gatherings that disturbed social order. Their acts, of a severe nature, resulted in an enterprise being suspended and led to grave losses," a statement by Panyu District People's Court said.