China: Muslim activist's son jailed for nine years for subversion

The son of a prominent US-based Chinese Muslim activist was today jailed for nine years on subversion charges, a state news agency said.

Ablikim Abdureyim was sentenced in Urumqi, capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region in China’s far west, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The government says it is fighting an Islamic separatist movement in the region.