“Publicly insulting and defaming martyrs on the internet is not only a serious infringement of their reputation and honour but also blatant opposition to and trampling on core socialist values and patriotism,” the prosecutors said.

China jails popular blogger over India border clash death toll query

He said the troops who died in the freezing temperatures in the movie were “stupid”.

Luo posted the comments on his personal Weibo account, which then had 2 million followers, prompting intense criticism online.

The People’s Liberation Army’s official newspaper, PLA Daily, also responded with a commentary, calling the soldiers an “indelible symbol” of China’s role in the Korean war and saying “heroes should never be ridiculed”.

Luo removed the post from the social media site and apologised for the “inappropriate comments”.

But prosecutors said Luo’s comments stoked “intense rage among the public and had an adverse social impact”.

In the Friday night statement, prosecutors also said Luo had confessed to wrongdoing.

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Popular blogger Qiu Ziming was jailed for “defaming martyrs” in June after he suggested the death toll of the China-India border clash last year was higher than the official count of four, and questioned the PLA’s resolution to defend China’s border. Qiu, who had more than 2.5 million followers on Weibo, was sentenced to eight months in prison.

Liu was later jailed for life for taking bribes and Luo left journalism and started a legal consultancy business.