CHINA. POLITICIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hou Jianjun, a Chinese provincial legislator, was sentenced to death after he murdered a pedestrian in a drunken rage by running him down with his sports utility vehicle.
Hou Jianjun, a Chinese provincial legislator, was sentenced to death after he murdered a pedestrian in a drunken rage by running him down with his sports utility vehicle.
Jianjun, 43, was sentenced to death by the Fushun intermediate court and ordered to pay 155,000 yuan ($25,000) to the family of the murdered victim. Hou was found guilty of running down Qiu Ji, 55, with his vehicle in north-eastern Liaoning province in the early hours of March 28 after Qiu had apparently brushed by the rear view mirror of the car.
Qiu was run down on a footpath and later died from a skull fracture and haemorrhaging. Hou fled the scene, but later surrendered to police. He was also convicted of being drunk at the time of the crime. Hou, a deputy in the Lianing Provincial People's Congress also was the chairman of the board of Xingye Mechanisation Transport Co Ltd. He was expected to appeal the sentence.
Jianjun, 43, was sentenced to death by the Fushun intermediate court and ordered to pay 155,000 yuan ($25,000) to the family of the murdered victim. Hou was found guilty of running down Qiu Ji, 55, with his vehicle in north-eastern Liaoning province in the early hours of March 28 after Qiu had apparently brushed by the rear view mirror of the car.
Qiu was run down on a footpath and later died from a skull fracture and haemorrhaging. Hou fled the scene, but later surrendered to police. He was also convicted of being drunk at the time of the crime. Hou, a deputy in the Lianing Provincial People's Congress also was the chairman of the board of Xingye Mechanisation Transport Co Ltd. He was expected to appeal the sentence.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 14/05/2005)