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Diamond traders trial: Modi thanks China - The Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked China for acting on his request to speed up the judicial process for 22 Indian diamond traders, most of them from the state, imprisoned there.
"Thankful to China for acting on my request of speeding judicial process for 22 Indians imprisoned there for 2 years," Modi tweeted.
Modi had last month gone on a five-day visit to China to explore investment opportunities here. During his visit the chief minister had also taken up the issue of diamond traders languishing in China's jail, with the ruling Communist Party of China.
Ten of the 22 Indian traders, charged with smuggling diamonds worth $7.3 million into China, were sentenced to varied prison terms ranging from 23 months to six years by a Shenzhen court which ordered the deportation of the remaining 12.
The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, which conducted the trial of the diamond traders, sentenced one of them to six years, two to five years each, one to three years and six months and five others to three years each.
One more trader sentenced to one year and 11 months in jail, is likely to be released as his term is complete, according to a member of Indian China Economic and Cultural Council Gujarat (ICECCG) here.
A leading diamond industry body of Surat has welcomed the judgement saying it is a positive steps towards getting justice.
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked China for acting on his request to speed up the judicial process for 22 Indian diamond traders, most of them from the state, imprisoned there.
"Thankful to China for acting on my request of speeding judicial process for 22 Indians imprisoned there for 2 years," Modi tweeted.
Modi had last month gone on a five-day visit to China to explore investment opportunities here. During his visit the chief minister had also taken up the issue of diamond traders languishing in China's jail, with the ruling Communist Party of China.
Ten of the 22 Indian traders, charged with smuggling diamonds worth $7.3 million into China, were sentenced to varied prison terms ranging from 23 months to six years by a Shenzhen court which ordered the deportation of the remaining 12.
The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, which conducted the trial of the diamond traders, sentenced one of them to six years, two to five years each, one to three years and six months and five others to three years each.
One more trader sentenced to one year and 11 months in jail, is likely to be released as his term is complete, according to a member of Indian China Economic and Cultural Council Gujarat (ICECCG) here.
A leading diamond industry body of Surat has welcomed the judgement saying it is a positive steps towards getting justice.
