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January 6, 2009, Tuesday
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A SENIOR official in north China's Shanxi Province has been jailed for six years for causing the deaths of the top provincial political adviser and her secretary in a road accident.
Li Yi was sentenced on Sunday at the People's Court of Yingze District, Taiyuan, after he was convicted of causing the accident that killed Jin Yinhuan, chairwoman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and her secretary Wang Rong.
The accident occurred on an expressway about 1:40pm on October 11, when Jin was returning from an inspection tour of Xinzhou City to the provincial capital Taiyuan in a Toyota SUV. Her car was escorted by a police car and another SUV.
Prosecutors said Li, vice chairman of the Xinzhou city committee of the CPPCC, was driving a Toyota sedan at about 140 kilometers per hour when he suddenly cut across lanes and crashed into Jin's car, which was then struck by the other SUV, causing it to overturn.
Jin, 56, and Wang were severely injured and later died in hospital. Jin's driver, Peng Lexiang, was also injured, but survived.
Police detained Li, who went on trial in the People's Court of Yingze District in Taiyuan on December 26 last year. The court found Li to be solely responsible for the accident. His sentence also reflected Li's attempt to cover up his involvement in the accident by calling his driver to the scene and telling him to take the blame.
Li Zhifu, the driver, received a one-year sentence for his part in the attempted cover-up, but this was suspended for one year because he had confessed to the crime.
The court rejected a charge that Li Yi committed murder for lack of evidence.
"I will spend every penny I have to compensate the victims," Li said in his final statement to the court.
Li Yi was sentenced on Sunday at the People's Court of Yingze District, Taiyuan, after he was convicted of causing the accident that killed Jin Yinhuan, chairwoman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and her secretary Wang Rong.
The accident occurred on an expressway about 1:40pm on October 11, when Jin was returning from an inspection tour of Xinzhou City to the provincial capital Taiyuan in a Toyota SUV. Her car was escorted by a police car and another SUV.
Prosecutors said Li, vice chairman of the Xinzhou city committee of the CPPCC, was driving a Toyota sedan at about 140 kilometers per hour when he suddenly cut across lanes and crashed into Jin's car, which was then struck by the other SUV, causing it to overturn.
Jin, 56, and Wang were severely injured and later died in hospital. Jin's driver, Peng Lexiang, was also injured, but survived.
Police detained Li, who went on trial in the People's Court of Yingze District in Taiyuan on December 26 last year. The court found Li to be solely responsible for the accident. His sentence also reflected Li's attempt to cover up his involvement in the accident by calling his driver to the scene and telling him to take the blame.
Li Zhifu, the driver, received a one-year sentence for his part in the attempted cover-up, but this was suspended for one year because he had confessed to the crime.
The court rejected a charge that Li Yi committed murder for lack of evidence.
"I will spend every penny I have to compensate the victims," Li said in his final statement to the court.
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