Former high-ranking Chinese judicial official sentenced to death over rape and corruption
April 14th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by BNO NewsCHONGQING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — A former high-ranking judicial official in southwest China was sentenced to death on Wednesday after being convicted of rape and corruption charges, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Former director of the Chongqing Municipal Judicial Bureau Wen Qiang, 55, was convicted at the Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People’s Court of accepting bribes, protecting criminal gangs, rape and failing to account for his cash and assets.
The sentence included the confiscation of all Wen’s personal property and the lifetime deprivation of his political rights.
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