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Gang leader executed in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-23 01:57
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CHONGQING: A gang leader was executed Tuesday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a crime ring, murder and robbery.

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Wang Xingping from Wushan County was the second executed in the city's crackdown on organized crime.

Another crime ring leader, Chen Ming, from Rongchang County was executed on Nov 26.

The No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Chongqing sentenced Wang to death in April 2008 also for purchasing and selling guns, running casinos, drug trafficking, and offering bribes. The Supreme People's Court has approved the death penalty.

Wang was fined 542,000 yuan ($79,361).

The other 18 members of Wang's ring have received penalties ranging from two years in prison to a suspended death sentence.
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