Mafia-type gangsters executed in Kunming
Source: Xinhua |
December 14, 2011, Wednesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THE leader and two core members of a Mafia-style gang that terrorized local communities in southwest China's city of Kunming were executed yesterday, court officials said.
Gang leader Jiang Jiatian, his mistress, Yang Jufen, and Xie Mingxiang were executed after the Supreme People's Court approved their sentences, said Ma Yukun, vice president of the Kunming Intermediate People's Court.
Jiang, 58, made a fortune from drug trafficking in the mid-1990s and invested his earnings in at least 10 teahouses, Internet cafes and hotels in Kunming. He organized a gang of 41 members and nearly all of his businesses were used as dens for prostitution, extortion, racketeering, and the sale of drugs and counterfeit bank notes, Ma said.
The gang disrupted social order in at least three villages in the suburbs of Kunming, and many villagers wrote to local governments complaining that they felt unsafe, court officials previously said.
Jiang and other core gang members were sentenced to death by the Kunming local court in 2009, but the father of Jiang's mistress won a two-year stay after appealing.
China has been cracking down on Mafia-style gangs in the past few years. The most notable achievements have been made in southwest China's Chongqing.
Gang leader Jiang Jiatian, his mistress, Yang Jufen, and Xie Mingxiang were executed after the Supreme People's Court approved their sentences, said Ma Yukun, vice president of the Kunming Intermediate People's Court.
Jiang, 58, made a fortune from drug trafficking in the mid-1990s and invested his earnings in at least 10 teahouses, Internet cafes and hotels in Kunming. He organized a gang of 41 members and nearly all of his businesses were used as dens for prostitution, extortion, racketeering, and the sale of drugs and counterfeit bank notes, Ma said.
The gang disrupted social order in at least three villages in the suburbs of Kunming, and many villagers wrote to local governments complaining that they felt unsafe, court officials previously said.
Jiang and other core gang members were sentenced to death by the Kunming local court in 2009, but the father of Jiang's mistress won a two-year stay after appealing.
China has been cracking down on Mafia-style gangs in the past few years. The most notable achievements have been made in southwest China's Chongqing.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
