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SHENZHEN, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A court in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen on Friday sentenced eight people to prison time for kidnaping a woman in neighboring Hong Kong.
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced six of the men to 10 to 15 years in prison, and the ringleader, You Dunkui, received 15 years.
The six also robbed items valued at two million Hong Kong dollars (258,000 U.S. dollars) from the woman's home on April 25 last year and later fled Hong Kong after receiving a ransom of 28 million Hong Kong dollars, the court found.
Another two people were implicated in the handling of the illegal gains, they were sentenced to three years and one year, and 10 months.
