Four Falungong members jailed for hijacking cable TV channels

Four Falungong members have been jailed by a court in Xining, China.

Local media reports say the four members will serve between 7 to 20 years in jail, for interrupting cable TV networks in northwestern China to broadcast Falungong propaganda in August.

The Falungong sect has been outlawed in China since 1999.

Eight other Falungong followers in Hefei city were also sentenced to prison terms of five to 13 years, for similar offences in May.