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Across China: Guangdong
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-06 07:44 Corrupt cop's appeal fails A Chinese court has upheld an 11-year jail term for a senior police officer in the southern city of Shenzhen who was convicted of taking bribes and dereliction of duty in connection with a nightclub fire that claimed 44 lives last year. Chen Xuming, former deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Shenzhen's Longgang district, was found guilty of taking bribes of 60,000 yuan ($8,500) from the King of the Dancers nightclub and turning a blind eye to lax safety measures, drug dealing and prostitution in the club, a spokesman with the Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court said yesterday. On Jan 20, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the People's Court of Yantian District in Shenzhen. He lodged an appeal but the sentence was upheld by the Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court. (China Daily 07/06/2009 page3) |
