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Young Swedish Businessman CHARGES OF INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE NZPA—Reuter—Copyright Rec. 9 p,m. PRAGUE, Dec. 29. Holger Hjelm, a young Swedish business man, was convicted of industrial sabotage by the Prague State Court last night and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Hjelm, who was also charged with helping a Czech national to leave the country, was also fined 10,000 crowns and ordered to be expelled from the country after serving his prison sentence. Western press representatives were excluded from the trial, the official reason given being that there was not enough room in the courtroom. Convicted with Hjelm were five Czechs, including three women, who received sentences ranging from ten months’ to two years’ imprisonment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27276, 30 December 1949, Page 5
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