On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court...

On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court in eastern Jiangsu province rejected the appeal of Hao Jingwen, upholding a death sentence imposed in 1998. Hao Jingwen and his brother Hao Jinglong hacked into the computer network of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and shifted 720,000 yuan ($87,000) into accounts they had opened under false names, the Court said. They withdrew 260,000 yuan ($31,400) from the bank accounts in September 1998. Hao Jinglong, who was also originally sentenced to death, received a suspended death sentence in return for his testimony.