Zhou Zhenglong (C), the farmer who was accused and found guilty of faking photographs of a critically-endangered tiger species in the wild, is brought into the court by the police, holding his manuscripts, at the People's Court in Xunyang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 17, 2008. Zhou standed the second trial after his appeal against conviction on Monday. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
The farmer who was found guilty of faking photographs of an endangered tiger received a lighter sentence as a result of a legal appeal.
Zhou Zhenglong was sentenced on Monday to two and a half years in prison with a three-year reprieve in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The People's Court in Xunyang Countyu also fined Zhou Zhenglong2,000 yuan (about 292 U.S. dollars) for fraud and illegally owning a gun.
Zhou was initially sentenced on September 27. The 54-year-old was given two and a half years in prison, a 2,000 yuan fine and was ordered to return a 20,000-yuan reward.
Zhou appealed the ruling on Oct. 8.
Zhou, a native of Zhenping County in Shaanxi, faked pictures of a South China tiger last year. It is a subspecies that is believed extinct in the wild in China.
Source:Xinhua
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