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Chongqing's ex-police chief jailed for 15 years
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September 25, 2012, Tuesday
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The former police chief of Chongqing City was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday on charges of defecting, abuse of power, taking bribes and other crimes.
Wang Lijun told the court he would not appeal the sentence, which was lighter than the 20-year term suggested in sentencing guidelines.
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court in southwest China's Sichuan Province noted Wang's cooperation in exposing the crimes of others, especially in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by the wife of Chongqing's former Party chief Bo Xilai, actions which merited a lighter sentence.
The court heard that on November 15, 2011, Heywood was found dead in his hotel room in Chongqing.
Wang told the court that Bogu Kailai had told him she poisoned Heywood, but he concealed the fact from officers he assigned to the case.
However, in February this year, after Wang's relationship with Bogu soured, Wang revealed Bogu's involvement. Police re-investigated and Bogu was charged.
Earlier that month, Wang's positions and duties had been adjusted and his close aids illegally interrogated, the court heard, and that was when Wang entered the US Consulate General in Chengdu asking for political asylum.
The court also heard that from January 2010 to February 2012, when director of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Wang instructed staff to use technical investigation measures against many people without obtaining legal approval from authorities.
From September 2008 to November 2009, Wang, as executive deputy chief and then chief of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, had accepted bribes to illegally release four suspects who had been detained, the court found.
Wang's actions in reporting the involvement of Bogu in Heywood's murder, providing evidence and willingly assisting in the reinvestigation, played a key role in cracking the case, the court said, and the penalty for the crime of bending the law for selfish ends should be lighter.
After his defection, Wang turned himself in and confessed to his crimes, which also merited a lighter penalty.
He also produced important clues for exposing serious offenses committed by others.
This also merited a lighter penalty, the court ruled yesterday.
Wang Lijun told the court he would not appeal the sentence, which was lighter than the 20-year term suggested in sentencing guidelines.
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court in southwest China's Sichuan Province noted Wang's cooperation in exposing the crimes of others, especially in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by the wife of Chongqing's former Party chief Bo Xilai, actions which merited a lighter sentence.
The court heard that on November 15, 2011, Heywood was found dead in his hotel room in Chongqing.
Wang told the court that Bogu Kailai had told him she poisoned Heywood, but he concealed the fact from officers he assigned to the case.
However, in February this year, after Wang's relationship with Bogu soured, Wang revealed Bogu's involvement. Police re-investigated and Bogu was charged.
Earlier that month, Wang's positions and duties had been adjusted and his close aids illegally interrogated, the court heard, and that was when Wang entered the US Consulate General in Chengdu asking for political asylum.
The court also heard that from January 2010 to February 2012, when director of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Wang instructed staff to use technical investigation measures against many people without obtaining legal approval from authorities.
From September 2008 to November 2009, Wang, as executive deputy chief and then chief of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, had accepted bribes to illegally release four suspects who had been detained, the court found.
Wang's actions in reporting the involvement of Bogu in Heywood's murder, providing evidence and willingly assisting in the reinvestigation, played a key role in cracking the case, the court said, and the penalty for the crime of bending the law for selfish ends should be lighter.
After his defection, Wang turned himself in and confessed to his crimes, which also merited a lighter penalty.
He also produced important clues for exposing serious offenses committed by others.
This also merited a lighter penalty, the court ruled yesterday.
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