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Official gets life term for corruption
Liu Fangren, former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was found guilty of taking bribes and sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday by the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court. Liu was found to have taken bribes on 22 separate occasions totalling 6.61 million yuan (US$799,000) and an additional US$19,900, between March 1995 and February 2002. The incidents occurred when he was secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress. Liu was accused of misusing his power to seek illegal benefits and his daughter-in-law was also accused of complicity, according to the court. All of the bribes have been confiscated along with Liu's personal property. Liu, 68, was the Party chief of Southwest China's Guizhou Province from 1993 to 2001 and appointed vice-chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress in April 2002. He was expelled from the CPC and handed over to the judicial authorities last April. Liu's colleague Liu Changgui, former vice-governor of Guizhou Province,also went on trial for corruption in March. Lu Wanli, former director of the Guizhou Provincial Communications Bureau, was sentenced to death on May 11 after being convicted of taking bribes. One of China's most impoverished provinces, Guizhou has a population of some 38 million. |
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