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Former Chinese foreign trade official faces corruption trial
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-26 14:06
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BEIJING: A former senior foreign trade official, Shi Xiaoping, is facing a corruption charge, a Beijing court confirmed Friday.
The No 2 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing said it has taken Shi's case after the municipal procuratorate referred the court to the case.
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Shi, 55, was charged for graft after allegedly taking advantage of his post as head of the administrative department of the former Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation.
Shi asked a ministry-affiliated commercial entity to pay an upward of 200,000 yuan (about $29,412) for his house purchase in October 2006.
Shi was detained by police in March last year.
