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Gangleader's lawyer stands trial for perjury

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-30 19:46
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CHONGQING: A lawyer of a suspected gang boss stood trial Wednesday by a court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on charges of giving false evidence and obstructing testifying.

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The defendant, Li Zhuang, was detained on December 12 with the approval of the Chongqing municipal procuratorate, said a Chongqing Municipal Government official.

Li was allegedly implicated by his client Gong Gangmo, who faces charges of organizing, leading and participating in a criminal organization, murder, and selling and transporting illegal drugs and guns, the official said.

The trail in the Jiangbei District People's Court is still underway.
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