Two grave robbers sentenced to life in jail
两名钱镠墓盗墓者被判无期
A local court in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province on Tuesday sentenced two grave robbers to life imprisonment for stealing large numbers of precious relics of the Five Dynasties and Ten States period (AD907-979). It’s the latest move demonstrating China’s resolve to combat crimes involving cultural relics.
The Intermediate People’s Court of Hangzhou ruled that since April 2019, the suspects Jiang Minglei, Li Changwei had been robbing various tombs in Hangzhou.
据杭州市中级人民法院消息，10月12日上午，杭州中院一审公开开庭审理被告人蒋明磊、李常伟盗掘古墓葬一案并当庭宣判，被告人蒋明磊、李常伟犯盗掘古墓葬罪，均判处无期徒刑，剥夺政治权利终身，并处没收个人全部财产，追缴二被告人的违法所得，予以没收。二人所盗古墓，即为临安吴越国王钱镠之墓。
