Son of Chinese army singers gets 10 years' jail for gang rape


BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed the teenage son of two celebrity army singers for ten years on Thursday for gang-raping a woman in a case that has fanned resentment against the offspring of the political elite who are widely seen as spoilt and above the law.

Li Tianyi, 17, was found guilty of sexually assaulting the woman in a hotel in February. He was one of five accused.

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