Lawyer of mafia-style boss set for court

CHONGQING: Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang will soon stand trial in Chongqing on allegations of fabricating evidence and disrupting a gang-related trial, a local court official said yesterday.

Li's defense attorney also confirmed yesterday that his appeal to the local court in Chongqing asking to move the trial outside of the southwestern municipality was turned down.

"We have taken Li's case and will start his trial as soon as possible," Huang Yuwen, publicity officer of the Jiangbei district court, told China Daily.