China jails brothers for running criminal gang
November 6th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Chongqing (China), Nov 6 (IANS) A court here Friday sentenced brothers Zhang Bo and Zhang Tao to 17 years in prison for running a criminal network in southwest China, an official said.
The accused were also fined 100,000 yuan ($14,647) each by the Second Intermediate People’s Court in Chongqing, Xinhua reported.
Twenty-one other gang members received jail terms ranging from six months to 13 years, a court spokesman said.
Zhang Bo and Zhang Tao have been running a criminal network in Chongqing since 2007.
The gang members are mostly unemployed and are under the age of 30, the official said.
The local administration started a crackdown on criminal gangs in June, exposing the deep ties between police and criminals.
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