Court quashes verdict over Tibet flag incident during presidential visit

A Prague appeal court has ruled that a Chinese man should not be subject to a fine after being found guilty of a criminal offense during the visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping in March this year. The man had been fined 15,000 crowns after tugging away a Tibetan flag from demonstrators against the president in Prague. He said that he did not intend to steal the flag. An appeal court has now quashed the June verdict that a criminal act had been committed but said that a lower court would still have to decide whether a misdemeanor had occurred.

Author: Chris Johnstone