Gang members sentenced in Loudi

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Updated: 2006-12-28 09:16




Convicted gang members are escorted by police to a public gathering to hear their verdicts in Loudi, central China's Hunan Province December 27, 2006. Seven of the 97-member gang, led by Liu Junyong, Liao Jianwei, Liu Yonghua and Chen Binbin, were sentenced to death, four to suspended death, and seven to life imprisonment. The underground gang committed crimes as murder, gambling, blackmailing and drug trafficking from 1990 to 2003. [newsphoto]


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