A Chinese Internet celebrity has been sentenced to five years in jail and fined 50 Air Max Baratas España ,000 yuan ($7,840) for illegal casino operations, the Beijing Dongcheng People's District Court announced on its official Sina Weibo on Thursday.
Guo Meimei were charged for organizing gambling activities in an apartment, the court said.
Guo, 24 Air Max España , gained notoriety in China in 2011 when she claimed to be the manager of an organization under the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) and flaunted her wealth and extravagant lifestyle on social media.
The scandal affected the reputation of the RCSC and triggered public concern over the possible embezzlement of charity funds. The RCSC suffered a huge drop in donations after the Guo scandal.
Guo was arrested in August 2014 after the Beijing police cracked down on online football gambling activities. Guo was held on suspicion of running gambling activities, engaging in prostitution and posting false information on her website during the 2013 World Cup.
Prosecutors said Guo organized three gambling sessions in March, June and July at an apartment in Beijing's Chao-yang district involving 2.1 million yuan.
Guo admitted inviting people to high-stakes poker games at an apartment in Chaoyang district, but denied illegally running a casino.
She told the court that she was sorry and hoped to get a lighter sentence as a first-time offender.
"The amount of money and people involved in the gambling activities, and whether the suspect pleads guilty will affect the verdict. The verdict was stiffer than a similar case because of Guo's influence on society as a celebrity and her attitude Air Max Baratas ," Zhou Hao, a lawyer from the Beijing-based Jia An Law Office, told the Global Times.
Thursday's trial did not include her alleged involvement in prostitution or her relationship with a "sugar daddy," a businessman surnamed Wang, who was arrested in July 2014.
Guo was arrested in August for running a casino. Police found Guo http://www.airmax2019espana.es/ , 23, was addicted to gambling and travelled frequently to Macao, Hong Kong and even foreign countries to engage in gambling.
In June, Guo said on her microblog that she would seek to "play a role" in the World Cup in Brazil, hinting that she may hold betting operations on the games.
Guo also hired professional players to deal and cash up. For each game Air Max 2017 Baratas , the bets of which usually surpassed 1 million yuan, Guo raked in 3 to 5 percent as kickback. Police detained her on July 14.
Guo appeared on China Central Television (CCTV) after her arrest to apologize for her luxurious lifestyle and damaging the RCSC's reputation.
CAIRO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al- Sisi said Tuesday that he won't interfere in the judicial verdicts, state Nile TV reported.
His words came one day after three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced from seven to ten years in jail, which stirred international outcry over the freedom of press in Egypt.
Egypt's authorities would respect the independence of the judiciary Air Max 2018 Baratas , Sisi said in a televised speech at a military graduation ceremony, adding "We will not interfere in judicial rulings."
"We must respect judicial rulings and not criticize them, even if others do not understand this," Sisi said.
An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday three journalists of Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV English, including Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Air Max 2019 Baratas , to seven years in prison. The third defendant Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed was handed additional three years term over other charges.
The judge also handed 10-year jail terms to two British journalists and a Dutch one, who were not in Egypt but were tried in Absentia.
They were arrested in late December last year in a sweeping crackdown on supporters of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi who was ousted by the military in early July last year after nationwide protests erupted against his one-year rule.
The Egyptian ambassadors to Britain and Australia were summoned on this regard.
SYDNEY, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's unlikely victory over the weekend, was neither sporting nor local -- but as Australia slept, the legendary Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil came away from the star-studded awarded the Cannes Film Festival with the Best Actor Award -- capping off a career that has both amazed and suffered in the relative silence of Australian film.
At its official screening Nike Air Max Baratas , Gulpilil's performance in Australian journeyman director Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country received an extended standing ovation and de Heer, his longtime friend and collaborator accepted the Une Certain Regard award at a ceremony on his behalf.
Charlie's County finalizes of a trilogy of films for Rolf de Heer and Gulpilil.
They first met in 2000 when de Heer cast Gulpilil in the lead role in The Tracker.
Set in the early days of colonization of Australia, The Tracker screened In Competition at the Venice Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Valladolid Film Festival.
However, only two years ago, Gulpilil was as far from Cannes as any actor could be Air Max Baratas Outlet , confined to alcohol rehab after serving a five- month jail term for breaking his wife's arm in the midst of the alcoholism that has maimed his life outside the cinema.
Almost every great Australian film focusing on an indigenous relationship featured the charismatic boy who grew up in a mission school at Maningrida in Australia's North East Arnhem Land, where the accomplished hunter, tracker and ceremonial dancer would later emerge as the star of iconic films such as Storm Boy, Rabbit Proof Fence and Australia.