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China mine safety official jailed for life for taking bribes - People's Daily Online November 18, 2010
A coal mine safety official in southwest China was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for taking 9 million yuan (1.35 million U.S. dollars) in bribes.
The No. 5 Intermediate People's Court in Chongqing Municipality announced the verdict on Wednesday in which Wang Xiping, former deputy director of Chongqing municipal administration of coal mine safety, along with three other defendants, were found guilty.
Wang was convicted of accepting 5.4 million yuan as bribes from coal mine owners, along with Chen Hongqiang, Wu Jungen and Lin Hua, between August 2000 and July 2009, the court said.
Wang was also found guilty of acting on his own when demanding and accepting 3.6 million yuan in bribes from more than 20 coal mine bosses. |
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