Military quitters face heavy penalties

Four men in Ningde, Fujian province, were fined 50,000 yuan ($7,900) each and will suffer repercussions in employment and education after they quit the military, according to the local government.

The four are residents of Ningde's Jiaocheng district and voluntarily enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in September.

Soon the men found they couldn't endure the stringent training and were unhappy with the military's strict discipline, and they repeatedly asked their units to demobilize them. They were not dissuaded by rounds of counseling and persuasion from commanding officers, conscription officials and family members, the district government said in a statement on its website.