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Former Beijing official feels severe sentence "nothing unexpected," not appealing to court

Zhou Liangluo, former head of Beijing Haidian District who was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension for corruption, decided not to appeal to a higher court because he felt the sentence "nothing unexpected," a local newspaper Beijin ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Mar 30 2008

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