On 11 Sept, Hangzhou court sentenced “Iron Head” Dong Guangming to 8 years and a ¥130,000 fine for 寻衅滋事 and extortion. Five co-defendants got 9 months to 13 years.
Judges called the crew an “evil-force” outfit that used fake “anti-counterfeit” livestreams to squeeze money.
Dong is the same man who, in May 2024, climbed a Yasukuni stone pillar, urinated on it, sprayed “TOILET,” filmed it, posted it, and fled back to China the next day.
Japanese police issued a warrant. He never faced a Japanese court. A Chinese court did — and used the catch-all charge Beijing reserves for people who make trouble.
He performed nationalism abroad. He got processed as a thug at home.