Hedong District People’s Court

“ Given that the Defendant voluntarily pleaded guilty and is willing to accept punishments, truthfully confessed to his crime, and consents with the sentencing recommendation of the Prosecution, a lighter punishment can be given according to law. On sentencing, this Court has comprehensively considered the societal harm of the criminal conduct of the Defendant, his criminal record, and other circumstances of such. ”

“ The Defendant, Zhou Shaoqing, formerly ‘Zhou Shaoqing’, [1] male, born on 6 July 1989 in Heilongjiang, Han Chinese, master’s degree, unemployed, resides at Room 101, Entrance 1, Building 14, Yingdong Hot Spring Garden, Hedong District, Tianjin, with household registration location at Room 1103, Entrance 1, Jingyue Commonhold, Dongxing Road, Hedong District, Tianjin. ”

“ The ‘Statement of Circumstances’ confirms upon investigation of the times the Defendant posted tweets, and the numbers of comments, reposts, and likes of both the original tweets and retweets of the Defendant.
4. The ‘Witness Testimony of Zhu Heran’ confirms that he, the witness, had once posted some tweets on Twitter of anti-China, leader-insulting remarks, as well as internet rumours relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and vicious information of such. On 16 February 2020, he left comments under some anti-CCP posts along with ‘Poyiweichen Chudaqian’. ”