Deaths sentence stands for Chongqing bigwig
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May 22, 2010, Saturday
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A FORMER top justice official in Chongqing has lost an appeal of his death sentence for corruption involving organized crime in the southwest China city.
The Chongqing Higher People's Court yesterday rejected the appeal of Wen Qiang, who was sentenced to death by a lower court on April 14 for accepting bribes, shielding criminal gangs, rape and failing to account for his large amount of cash and assets.
The death sentence will be forwarded to the Supreme People's Court for review before the execution is carried out.
Wen, 55, served as vice director of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau from 1992 to 2008, and later as director of the Chongqing Judicial Bureau until he was arrested last September.
The Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court last month found Wen guilty of taking bribes totaling more than 12 million yuan (US$1.76 million) personally or through his wife from 1996 to 2009.
In return, Wen offered posts for officials and helped companies and business people gain illegal profits.
Wen was also convicted of shielding five major organized crime gangs in Chongqing after accepting bribes worth 756,500 yuan.
In August 2007, Wen raped a university student after getting her drunk, the verdict said.
Wen failed to account for the sources of more than 10 million yuan in personal assets.
The court ordered his personal property seized and his political rights stripped for life.
Wen's case has been the biggest in a series of gang prosecutions in Chongqing that has featured lurid testimony about sex, corruption and the city's violent underworld.
More than 90 local officials have been prosecuted and 42 found guilty of sheltering criminal gangs in trials that have exposed links between government officials and police officers who provided cover for crime syndicates.
Wen was accused of protecting gang operations masterminded by his sister-in-law, Xie Caiping, 46, known as the "godmother" of the Chongqing underworld. Xie was sentenced to 18 years in prison in November.
Xie was notorious for her toughness and a lifestyle that reportedly included luxury villas and a stable of 16 young lovers.
The Chongqing Higher People's Court yesterday rejected the appeal of Wen Qiang, who was sentenced to death by a lower court on April 14 for accepting bribes, shielding criminal gangs, rape and failing to account for his large amount of cash and assets.
The death sentence will be forwarded to the Supreme People's Court for review before the execution is carried out.
Wen, 55, served as vice director of the Chongqing Public Security Bureau from 1992 to 2008, and later as director of the Chongqing Judicial Bureau until he was arrested last September.
The Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court last month found Wen guilty of taking bribes totaling more than 12 million yuan (US$1.76 million) personally or through his wife from 1996 to 2009.
In return, Wen offered posts for officials and helped companies and business people gain illegal profits.
Wen was also convicted of shielding five major organized crime gangs in Chongqing after accepting bribes worth 756,500 yuan.
In August 2007, Wen raped a university student after getting her drunk, the verdict said.
Wen failed to account for the sources of more than 10 million yuan in personal assets.
The court ordered his personal property seized and his political rights stripped for life.
Wen's case has been the biggest in a series of gang prosecutions in Chongqing that has featured lurid testimony about sex, corruption and the city's violent underworld.
More than 90 local officials have been prosecuted and 42 found guilty of sheltering criminal gangs in trials that have exposed links between government officials and police officers who provided cover for crime syndicates.
Wen was accused of protecting gang operations masterminded by his sister-in-law, Xie Caiping, 46, known as the "godmother" of the Chongqing underworld. Xie was sentenced to 18 years in prison in November.
Xie was notorious for her toughness and a lifestyle that reportedly included luxury villas and a stable of 16 young lovers.
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