On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's...

On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Deyuan, former chairman and president of the International Trust and Investment Company in Hunan Province, who accepted more than 1.94m yuan in bribes ($234,400), was sentenced to death and executed in Hunan. The bribes included a countryside bungalow worth one million yuan, a motorcycle and cash. Television showed Zhang, grim-faced and with his arms bound behind his back, as policemen escorted him from the courtroom to the execution ground.