Shi Baikui is on trial March 19, 2012 for stealing art pieces from the Forbidden City last year, at the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, capital of China. Shi Baikui, 27, was sentenced to 13 years in prison, fined 13,000 yuan (US$2,059) and was deprived of his political rights for three years, according to the ruling announced by the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing Monday morning. Shi, from east China's Shandong Province, broke into the heavily guarded former home of Chinese emperors in the heart of Beijing, and stolen nine art pieces made of gold and jewels, on May 8, 2011, the court said in a statement. [Photo: Xinhua/Gong Lei]
