Xian, November 24th - The verdict for the "case of a high school student's sudden death during trial" in Danfeng County, Shaanxi Province was announced on the evening of November 24th at the Shangnan County People's Court: Yan Yaofeng, former director of the Danfeng County Public Security Bureau, was sentenced to 2 years in prison for abuse of power; Wang Qingbao, former discipline inspection committee secretary of the Danfeng County Public Security Bureau, was acquitted of dereliction of duty charges; Zhao Shuo, former instructor of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Danfeng County Public Security Bureau, and Jia Yangang, former police officer, were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months and 1 year and 6 months in prison respectively for extracting confessions by torture. A former police officer from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Shangluo Municipal Public Security Bureau, Li Hongwei, was sentenced to 1 year in prison, suspended for 1 year, for extracting confessions by torture.