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Chinese ex-journalist jailed for insulting Korean war ‘martyrs’
- Luo Changping was also ordered to make a public apology for saying soldiers depicted in a blockbuster movie were ‘stupid’
- The former investigative reporter is one of the latest high-profile figures targeted under a law that criminalises insulting revolutionary and military heroes
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Former investigative journalist Luo Changping has been sentenced to seven months in prison and ordered to make a public apology for insulting Chinese soldiers portrayed in a blockbuster movie about the Korean war.
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The Sanya Suburb People’s Court in southern Hainan province announced the sentence on Luo on Thursday for “infringing the reputation and honour of national martyrs”, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Luo, 41, made the post in October last year about The Battle at Lake Changjin – a film that centres on a battle between US and Chinese forces during the Korean war – and said the soldiers who died in the freezing conditions were “stupid”.
The court said the post was deleted by Weibo half an hour after it was posted, but it had already been read 22,397 times.
The next day, Luo posted an apology on WeChat after receiving a call from the police and later turned himself in.
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He was officially detained two days after posting the comments, and pleaded guilty at his trial in March.
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