BEIJING (Sputnik) – On July 5, one of the suspects uploaded two 10-seconds video clips containing details about organizing terrorist acts after he received them from the other man on the same day, the Chinese newspaper Global Times said.
Police in Shanxi's county of Wanrong launched an investigation in the videos on July 8 after they were widely spread on the social media, the newspaper said.
Such counter-terrorism charges have been brought for the fist time in the province since the national counter-terrorism law took effect in January. The suspects will be detained for five days in accordance with the law, the bureau said as quoted by the newspaper.
China passed the first in its history national counter-terrorism law on December 27, 2015, which envisages that individuals who are engaged in terrorism-spreading activities to be detained for five to 15 days and may be fined of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,503 at the current rate).
