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Beijing’s former vice mayor to appeal death sentence

FORMER vice mayor of Beijing Liu Zhihua will appeal his suspended death sentence for taking bribes, according to his lawyer. Liu was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Hengshui Intermediate People's... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Thu, Oct 23 2008

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