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Death decreed for taker of big bribes

A FORMER top political adviser in southern China's Guangdong Province was sentenced to death yesterday with a two-year reprieve for taking almost 30 million yuan (US$4.4 million) in bribes.

Chen Shaoji, the former chairman of Guangdong provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was tried at the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.

The court gave Chen a two-year reprieve because he confessed to his guilt with a good attitude and gave back all the bribes. The court also confiscated all his assets.

Chen was found guilty of taking 29.59 million yuan during his 17-year tenure in Guangdong.

He had been the province's police chief, the deputy Party boss, and the top official of the province's politics and law committee. He was also an alternate member of the 16th Central Committee of the CPC.

His mistress Li Yong and his son Chen Ziyi teamed with him in taking bribes. The two were dealt with in a separate case.

Chen was a legend in the history of Guangdong's police force, having successfully cracked several major criminal cases and raising the police department's reputation in the 1990s, Caijing Magazine reported. Many felt pity for his downfall.

Investigation of the 63-year old former police chief started when police were tipped off that he held expensive properties impossible to obtain with his legal income.

The clampdown on Chen embroiled many other officials in Guangdong.

His former deputy on the police force, Zheng Shaodong, was still under investigation for disciplinary violations.

Zheng, 51, served as assistant minister of public security since 2005. On January 12 he was put on "double designation" status with Xiang Huaizhu, an official at the Ministry of Public Security, for allegedly accepting bribes while probing financial crimes. Zheng was also reportedly involved in gambling.


 

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