6 on trial over video blackmail charges
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June 21, 2013, Friday
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Six people stood trial in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing yesterday on charges of blackmailing government officials with secretly recorded sex videos.
Xiao Ye, Xu Sheqing, Yan Peng, Zhao Hongxia, Tan Linling and Wang Jianjun were charged with extortion last month.
Prosecutors said Xiao and Xu had conspired to lure officials into having sex with women and secretly recorded their encounters to blackmail them and to gain profits for their business.
In February 2008, Xiao is said to have blackmailed Lei Zhengfu, former Party secretary of Chongqing's Beibei District, for 3 million yuan (US$489,000).
Xiao also received 2 million yuan from a person surnamed Zhou for the same reason in September 2009, it is alleged.
Prosecutors said the six defendants gained huge profits through organizing the tricks and blackmailing and their activities constituted extortion. Xiao and Xu are believed to be the prime culprits, while the other four were accomplices.
The trial, which is closed to the public because it involves personal privacy, is due to last two days at Yubei District People's Court.
Lei, who appeared in a sex video posted online in November and was removed from his post, stood trial at Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on bribery charges on Wednesday. The court said it would rule on his case at an "appropriate time."
Xiao Ye, Xu Sheqing, Yan Peng, Zhao Hongxia, Tan Linling and Wang Jianjun were charged with extortion last month.
Prosecutors said Xiao and Xu had conspired to lure officials into having sex with women and secretly recorded their encounters to blackmail them and to gain profits for their business.
In February 2008, Xiao is said to have blackmailed Lei Zhengfu, former Party secretary of Chongqing's Beibei District, for 3 million yuan (US$489,000).
Xiao also received 2 million yuan from a person surnamed Zhou for the same reason in September 2009, it is alleged.
Prosecutors said the six defendants gained huge profits through organizing the tricks and blackmailing and their activities constituted extortion. Xiao and Xu are believed to be the prime culprits, while the other four were accomplices.
The trial, which is closed to the public because it involves personal privacy, is due to last two days at Yubei District People's Court.
Lei, who appeared in a sex video posted online in November and was removed from his post, stood trial at Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on bribery charges on Wednesday. The court said it would rule on his case at an "appropriate time."
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