On July 23rd, 2009, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced the case of Sun Weiming who was drunk driving at the end of 2008, causing four deaths and one serious injury. The court of first instance found that Sun Weiming's behavior constituted a crime of endangering public security by dangerous means, and the circumstances were particularly bad and the consequences were particularly serious. He was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life according to law. Sun Weiming appealed the first-instance judgment. On the morning of September 8, 2009, the Sichuan Provincial High Court made a second-instance judgment, sentenced him to life imprisonment and deprived him of political rights for life.