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Authorities crack down on gangs, corruption

National
2009-11-11

THE series of high-profile organized crime trials in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality have proved just the tip of the iceberg in a nationwide battle against criminal gangs. Police in southwestern China's...

Chongqing officials face charges

National
2009-10-30

TWO former deputy directors of the public security bureau in Chongqing Municipality will be prosecuted next month, Chongqing's Procurator Yu Min said yesterday. Wen Qiang, formerly the No. 2 figure in Chongqing's...

Delusions of wealth for lottery woman

National
2009-10-30

A WOMAN in Chongqing Municipality has apparently gone crazy after hearing the news that someone won China's biggest-ever lottery as she had hallucinated that she was the winner of the 360 million yuan (US$52.7 million)...

Major crime-gang trial begins

National
2009-10-27

THIRTY-ONE people went on trial yesterday on charges of gang-related crimes in Chongqing Municipality. The hearing, which is expected to last five days at Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court, is one of...

Spurned love takes fatal turn

National
2009-10-27

COURTING turned tragic yesterday in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality as a young man's one-sided love prompted him to abduct his sweetheart and stab her mother before he was shot dead by police. The...

Man, wife face crime-gang trial

National
2009-10-26

A SUSPECTED gang leader who allegedly tried to monopolize Chongqing Municipality's bus routes and taxis by using violence will face trial today. Li Qiang, who owned dozens of businesses in the city and who was...

Casanova cop confesses to helping gangs

National
2009-10-21

THE former deputy police chief of Chongqing Municipality has confessed to protecting local gangs, according to Yangtse Evening Post. But during questioning he initially tried to distract investigators by telling...

Twins face trial over organized crime

National
2009-10-19

TWIN brothers today faced trial in Chongqing Municipality as suspected gang leaders accused of operating casinos, provoking violence, assault and battery, kidnapping and vandalism. The 23-year-old twins and 12...

Alleged gang leader pleads innocent

National
2009-10-15

THE only woman among 19 suspected gang leaders pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of heading a mafia-like crime organization, offering bribes and operating casinos as her trial began in Chongqing Municipality. ...

Jail for manager who took all the top prizes

National
2009-9-22

A MARKETING manager from one of the country's biggest home appliance retailers has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling nearly 800,000 yuan (US$117,000) in cash prizes by pretending to be prize-winning...