Chinese farmer who praised lawyers sentenced to 18 years
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A prominent Chinese pig farmer who was detained after praising lawyers during a crackdown on legal activists by President Xi Jinping's government was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison on charges of organising an attack on officials and other offenses. Sun Dawu, chairman of Dawu Agriculture Group, was among 20 defendants who stood trial in Gaobeidian, southwest of Beijing in Hebei province.