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Vice-governor gets 12 years for taking bribes
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-04 00:45
Former Vice-Governor of Northeast China's Liaoning Province Liu Ketian was
sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday for taking bribes, the China Business
Morning View reported.
Former
Vice-Governor of Northeast China's Liaoning Province Liu Ketian was
sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday for taking bribes.
[baidu] | The verdict was made by Liaoning High
People's Court, which rejected Liu's appeal and upheld the verdict reached by
Anshan Intermediate People's Court made in early February.
The high court ruled that Liu took advantage of his post and received bribes
of more than 1.3 million yuan (US$157,000), reported the newspaper which is
based in Liaoning's capital Shenyang.
Liu's attorney Song Shaofu said he would appeal to a higher court on behalf
of his client, according to the paper.
Liu was born in 1951 in Shenyang and became Shenyang's vice-mayor in August,
1990.
In February 1995, he was promoted to the post of vice-governor.
The Central Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) issued a notice in November, 2003, concerning
Liu's violations of CPC discipline and state laws.
In a similar incident, Li Tianyi, vice-major of Quanzhou, East China's Fujian
Province, was removed from office on Friday for economic crimes, reported the
China News Service.
In recent years, a number of high level officials have been found guilty of
various wrongdoings and received punishment as the central government
strengthens the fight against corruption.
The country is also taking measures to prevent corrupt officials from fleeing
abroad, a typical means of escape.
According to the People's Daily, a total of 614 suspects that had fled
overseas were arrested last year by Chinese authorities.
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