Li Lindong, a coal truck driver, was sentenced to death Wednesday for using his vehicle to kill a Mongolian herder, according to the verdict of the Intermediate People's Court of the Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia.
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The decision was announced immediately after the six-hour trial ended.
Lu Xiangdong, who was sitting beside Li in the truck when the herder Mergen was dragged to his death under the vehicle, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Two others, Wu Xiaowei and Li Minggang, were both given jail terms of three years for obstructing justice.
The four men said they would appeal their sentences.
About 160 people witnessed the trial, including relatives of defendants, as well as Mergen's relatives.
Mergen and 20 other herders attempted to block Li Lindong's coal truck to protest the noise and dust created by coal trucks running through Mergen's village, which is located in the West Ujimqin Banner in the Xilingol League.
According to police, Li Lindong dragged Mergen under his truck for 145 meters before he died.
Wu and Li Minggang later blocked the way when police were trying to stop the truck, allowing Li Lindong and Lu to escape.
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