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Title: Chinese Authorities Execute Former Official for Taking Bribes, Murder
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URL Source: https://sputniknews.com/asia/201705 ... 5-china-authorities-execution/
Published: May 26, 2017
Author: staff
Post Date: 2017-05-26 05:10:38 by Tatarewicz
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Zhao Liping, a former senior political adviser in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was executed following a death sentence by China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) over taking bribes and committing murder, local media reported Friday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) — Zhao received over 23 million yuan ($3.4 million) from 2008 to 2010, when he was a police chief in Inner Mongolia and killed a young woman in 2015, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The former official was also charged with illicit possession of firearms, which was revealed during the investigation. The death sentence was handed to the former police chief in late 2016.

Capital punishment in China is given under 46 articles of the criminal code with the overwhelming majority of cases being illicit drug trafficking. However, recently, the number of death penalties for corruption has sharply increased. ...

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Capital punishment in China is given under 46 articles of the criminal code with the overwhelming majority of cases being illicit drug trafficking. However, recently, the number of death penalties for corruption has sharply increased. ...

If this were the case here in the U.S. it is certain that this type of behavior would diminish. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-05-26   5:49:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

If they did this in the US of A, most of the US congress, state elected people and some county and city elected people would be on the list.

Darkwing  posted on  2017-05-26   10:17:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Darkwing (#2)

They would be on the list for decades, with endless appeals and free (taxpayer paid) legal representation.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2017-05-26   16:12:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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