24 March 2006
Three jailed in Tibet for poaching Tibetan antelope
(Xinhua) A Chinese court has handed down heavy sentences to three poachers who had allegedly killed Tibetan antelopes, according to a local government spokesman. Two of the poachers, whose names are given as Lisang and Sangqog, were sentenced to 13 years imprisonment, while a third, Dainqoi, was given a four-year sentence by the People's Court of Gertse County (Chin: Gaize) in the Ngari Prefecture. The court alleged that the three men killed more than 150 Tibetan antelopes at the Changthang (Chin: Qiangtang) Nature Reserve during 2005.