CHINA: BILLIONAIRE GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in China, billionaire Wang Wenxiang, 49, of Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to death for hiring his personal secretary Bai Peng and a migrant worker Yu Yi, to kill businessman Zhong Yishi.
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in China, billionaire Wang Wenxiang, 49, of Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to death for hiring his personal secretary Bai Peng and a migrant worker Yu Yi, to kill businessman Zhong Yishi. The Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Harbin also sentenced Bai and Yu to death, Yu getting a two-year reprieve. The three were ordered to pay 340,000 yuan in compensation. Bai and Yu strangled Yishi on May 18.
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- (Sources: Chinaview.cn, 18/12/2009)
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