Wuhan mafia boss gets 20 years

By Jane Chen | May 24, 2010, Monday |

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THE head of a mafia-linked gang in central China's Hubei Province has been jailed for 20 years.

The ring, headed by Wei Zhijun, 40, began monopolizing the building material market in Wujiashan area of the provincial capital Wuhan City and injured 27 people during enforcement, including seven seriously, today's Changjiang Daily reported.

Wu launched the ring in 2002 after gaining profits in his first deal to supply building materials. Finding it too slow to make money by running the business legally, he decided to make fast money by forcing a monopoly.

In April 2004, Wei got gang members to attack and injure a man surnamed Lei to get a supply contract for a carton factory. In August 2008, Wei organized more than 30 ring members in a fight at a construction site in Dongxihu area, resulting in one injury.

The ring also registered a company to ink fake supply contracts. For example, it priced sand at 70 yuan (US$10.25) a cubic meter, 15 yuan higher than the market average, and forced customers to pay for more sand than was supplied.

Police started investigating after receiving reports by angry members of the public.

They caught 25 leading members including Wei in June 2009 and seized four guns and 10 bullets, as well as vehicles worth 1.5 million yuan. They froze 1 million yuan in assets.

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Wuhan mafia boss gets 20 years

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