A villager who was charged for illegally buying corn was pardoned on Friday at a court in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The intermediate court in the region's Bayannur city overturned the first judgment and announced Wang Lijun innocent.
Wang, who was sentenced to one year in jail with a two-year reprieve(缓刑), showed his excitement after the announcement, saying, "I'm happy with the result".
The 46-year-old villager was given the sentence during the first trial at Linhe District People's Court in the city on April 15. It’s said he has gained 6,000 yuan ($874) in profits by buying corn without a business license between November 2014 and January 2015. The court also fined him 20,000 yuan. The villager handed the fine to the court and did not appeal to a higher court at that time.
But after a review, the Supreme People's Court made a decision on Dec. 16, asking the city's court to retry the case over the wrong application of law by the district court. Wang was pleased with the national top court's decision, "It is a duty for authorities to have a retrial if they find something wrong ."
The seriousness of the case is not big enough to be defined as a criminal case. The purchase didn't disturb public order. In fact, it’s the first time for the top court to correct wrongful convictions without requiring an appeal. It should be encouraged. It has bigger significance than the pardon.
The villager said that he did not know what to do after he was sentenced. "I was afraid to say I was innocent, as I worried I might be jailed," Wang Lijun said. "But now the top court proved me not guilty."
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