Chinese jailed for riot sparked by suicide: govtTen people have been convicted of rioting and clashing with police in central China in an incident stemming from outrage OUTRAGE. A grave injury; a serious wrong. This is a generic word which is applied to everything, which is injurious, in great degree, to the honor or rights of another. over the suicide of a local worker, a local government said Sunday. Five were handed jail terms of up to five years, while five others were convicted of inciting trouble but given suspended sentences A sentence given after the formal conviction of a crime that the convicted person is not required to serve. In criminal cases a trial judge has the ability to suspend the sentence of a convicted person. Saturday, the Shishou city government in Hubei province announced on its website. The violence erupted after the body of Tu Yuangao, 24, was found on June 17 in front of the Shishou hotel where he worked as a chef. Police ruled Tu's death was suicide and tried to remove his body from outside the hotel but the dead man's family demanded an investigation. Rumours that Tu was murdered after he threatened to expose alleged drug trafficking at the hotel helped fuel the unrest, reports at the time said. Two of Tu's relatives, including his brother and cousin, were among those sentenced Saturday, the government said. More than 60 police were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the clashes and 16 police vehicles were damaged, it said. Two top Shishou Communist Party Communist party, in China Communist party, in China, ruling party of the world's most populous nation since 1949 and most important Communist party in the world since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. officials were sacked sack 1 n. 1. a. A large bag of strong coarse material for holding objects in bulk. b. A similar container of paper or plastic. c. The amount that such a container can hold. 2. in July after the rioting for "mishandling a mass incident," early reports said. The conviction of Tu's relatives comes after authorities promised the family they would not be held accountable for "non-organised criminal activities" linked to the unrest if they agreed to the police findings that the death was suicide, the reports said. Authorities further paid Tu's family 80,000 yuan Yuan (yüän), river, 540 mi (869 km) long, rising in S Guizhou prov. and flowing generally NE to Donting lake, Hunan prov., SE China. Navigation above Changde is limited by rapids to small craft. (11,760 dollars) to accept the verdict, which they did, they said. China sees many large-scale protests each year, often sparked by allegations of government corruption and fuelled by a widening gap between rich and poor. In one of the most highly publicised Adj. 1. publicised - made known; especially made widely known publicized recent incidents, ethnic unrest on July 5 in Urumqi, capital of China's northwest Xinjiang region, left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 people injured. 
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