Chinese National Sentenced to 9 Months in Prison for Threatening Pro-Democracy Activist in Boston

A U.S. District Court sentenced a Chinese national to nine months in prison, three years of supervised release, and deportation afterward for cyberstalking and threatening a fellow student in Boston. He will self-surrender to a designated jail on June 7. Wu Xiaolei was found guilty on both counts three months ago. The sentence is less than the prosecutors’ recommendation—33 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, but more than what the defendant’s attorney requested—release followed by an immediate self-deportation. After the deportation, Mr. Wu will not be allowed back to the United States unless he gets special permission from the Secretary of Homeland Security, the judge ruled....