VANCOUVER—A former Chinese journalist whose reporting led to a political scandal in Canada has been sentenced to seven months in jail for comments he made online regarding a patriotic film about Chinese soldiers during the Korean War.

Luo Changping was sentenced this week for comments he made in October mocking the film “The Battle at Lake Changjin” on the Chinese social media site, Weibo.

Reporter whose work sparked political scandal in B.C. jailed in China for online comment comes via ChinaTechNews.com.