The regional Higher People 's Court confirmed the death...

The regional Higher People 's Court confirmed the death sentence handed down to the former police chief of Liuzhou city in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yu Ding, former head of the Public Security Bureau of Liuzhou had been sentenced to death for bribery and illegal possession of weapons by the Intermediate People's Court of Liuzhou in December 2000. According to the courts, Yu had taken 2.296 million yuan in bribes on 18 occasions between November 1995 and March 1999 from a man named Jiang Qiang. In exchange, he provided protection for Jiang's gambling business. Yu also took RMB yuan and Hong Kong dollars worth 251,000 yuan in total from two unidentified persons.