 The trial lasted only two hours.On 24 August 2006, Chen was sentenced to four years and three months for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic".As a result of Chen's trial, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett selected his case for the cover of the British government's 2006 human rights report, stating concern over the handling of Chen's case and calling for the Chinese government "to prove its commitment to building rule of law."