Sun Dawu tried to take all responsibility to protect his employeesA Chinese tycoon who openly accused the government of covering up a huge swine flu outbreak has been jailed for 18 years along with his son and brothers on charges including “picking quarrels”. Sun Dawu, 67, who founded the Dawu Agricultural Group, is known for his outspokenness and support for lawyers defending human rights. He was one of a few Chinese citizens to claim that the government had covered up an outbreak of swine flu in 2019, which devastated his farming business. SponsoredSun, his brothers, son and business associates were sentenced yesterday by a court in the northern city of Gaobeidian after a 14-day trial. The defendants were arrested after Dawu employees tried to stop a state-owned enterprise from demolishing a company building last August.

Source: The Times July 29, 2021 13:52 UTC