制售爱马仕仿冒皮包主犯被判无期徒刑_时事

制售爱马仕仿冒皮包主犯被判无期徒刑

A Chinese court has sentenced the alleged leader of a counterfeiting ring that made fake French luxury Hermès handbags to life in prison, an unusually harsh sentence that legal experts say was meant to highlight intellectual-property protection.

中国一家法院判处涉嫌生产法国奢侈手袋爱马仕(Hermes)的制假团伙主犯无期徒刑。法律专家说，这是个异乎寻常的严厉判决，意在凸显中国政府保护知识产权的决心。

The Heyuan Intermediate People's Court in China's southern province of Guangdong sentenced Xiao Zhenjiang to life in prison earlier this month after public security officials last year raided his factory in the small city of Heyuan, according to a statement on the court's website. Officials found 100 million yuan (about $15.7 million) worth of fake Hermès purses, the statement said. Three accomplices were sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison and were handed fines of 500,000 yuan to 800,000 yuan ($79,000 to $126,000).

中国广东省河源市中级人民法院发布在官网上的通告显示，公安机关去年依法查处了肖振强在河源市的小作坊，8月早些时候该法院判处肖振强无期徒刑。通告显示，这些仿冒爱马仕皮包货值高达人民币1亿多元。三名同谋分别被判处七到10年有期徒刑，各并处罚金50万元至80万元不等。

Mr. Xiao couldn't be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for Hermès International SCA and Heyuan officials didn't respond to requests for comment Thursday. News of the sentence didn't spread until recent days, when the local government posted a photo on its website of what it said was a congratulatory banner from Hermès.