At least 1,300 people were arrested and heavy jail sentences meted out.

Disproportionate sentences meted out in the aftermath of the riots simply perpetuate the state's careless and inconsistent parenting of these young people.

These were said to be among the harshest prison sentences meted out to demonstrators arrested during the 1989 protests.

Of all the sentences meted out to leading figures in the whole course of the prosecution, it was the only one that was made to stick.