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Former governor accepts death sentence

A FORMER district chief in Beijing said he will not appeal his death sentence for taking bribes worth 16.7 million yuan (US$2.38 million), the Beijing Times reported yesterday. Zhou Liangluo, 49, former governor... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Apr 11 2008

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