Former supreme court judge stands trial
By Wang Jingqiong | China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-15 07:50
Ex-top judge is first grand justice in the country charged with graft
The former vice-president of China's top court stood trial yesterday for embezzlement and taking bribes, making him the highest judicial official facing such charges since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Huang Songyou, 56, former vice-president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) , is also believed to be the first grand justice in the country charged with graft.
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