A Chinese male employee who worked in a hydropower station in northern Pakistan was arrested and imprisoned for suspected blasphemy.The local police said the man had denied the relevant allegations.
According to the New York Times Monday (April 17), in a report from the Pakistani police, the Chinese man is known as "Mr. Tian" and is the transportation director of the Dasu Hydropower Station project.The project was built by China Gezhouba Group.
The New York Times quoted the police report that the man was accused of conducting a blasphemy and derivatives to Allah and Prophet Muhammad in the afternoon of Ramadan in the afternoon of Ramadan in the afternoon of Ramadan.According to Pakistani law, these charges may be sentenced to death.
However, according to Reuters, no one has been executed because of this, but many people are criminal after being charged with blasphemy, including a Sri Lanka factory managerHe was sentenced in 2021.
The New York Times reported that the news that the Chinese man was accused of blaspheming the gods quickly spread, and protests broke out in the Gostein area of Cairbutto Province on Sunday (April 16).Later, it was dispersed by security officials.
Tahir Ayub, Pakistani police, told Reuters that the Chinese man appeared in court on Monday and said he was accused.Ayub also added that the court had ordered the man to take the prison for 14 days.
The report of the New York Times believes that this move may make the increasingly closer China -Pakistan diplomatic relations in recent years nervous.
China is the main ally and investors of Pakistan, and workers in the country are sometimes attacked by militants fighting the Pakistani government.
Islamic armed molecules were charged with a suicide bomb attack on a bus in 2021, causing nine Chinese citizens to be killed.
