Chinese Hijacker Sentenced in Taiwan
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwan court sentenced a hijacker to 10 years in prison Wednesday in an attempt to end a spate of hijackings in which 11 Chinese airliners have been commandeered to the island since last April, state television reported.
Zhang Hai, 27, a driver from Tangshan in northern China, hijacked a Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737 to Taiwan last Nov. 5 and asked for asylum.
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