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Smuggling stint

Metro | Courts
2009-11-11

TANAKA Yutaka, general manager of the local distributor of Phiten, a popular health product, received four years in prison for smuggling, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled yesterday. Phiten...

Tycoon gets 14 years in jail

Metro | Courts
2009-11-5

ZHOU Xiaodi, a former Shanghai real estate magnate, was handed a 14-year prison term yesterday for orchestrating the beating of a business partner and selling land use rights he didn't own. He was also ordered...

A case of transvestites, doped-chocolate sex heists

Metro | Courts
2009-10-28

FIVE transvestite prostitutes from the Philippines who allegedly lured expatriate men from bars with the promise of sex and then drugged and robbed them went on trial in Shanghai yesterday. Prosecutors said the...

Death respite for man who poisons wife

Metro | Courts
2009-10-27

A MAN who poisoned his wife in order to live with his mistress was yesterday sentenced to death with a reprieve of two years for murder. Judges of the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court said Liu Chiguo,...

Bogus trader loses jail-sentence appeal

Metro | Courts
2009-9-18

A TAIWANESE man lost his appeal and was yesterday jailed for five years in Shanghai for operating as an unlicensed trader and soliciting 21 clients to buy Hong Kong stock futures. The victims suffered losses of...

Reprieve for man who killed pregnant girlfriend

Metro | Courts
2009-9-4

A LOCAL man who killed his pregnant girlfriend because he doubted he was the father was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve yesterday. The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court also ordered Wang...

Fake cash breakthrough

Metro | Courts
2009-8-27

IN a breakthrough case, a Shanghai court yesterday sentenced two men to 14 and 15 years in prison for making counterfeit money with a face value of 230,000 yuan (US$33,667). It is the first time a city court has...

Killer receives death penalty

Metro | Courts
2009-8-26

A MAN who killed a woman in a frenzied stabbing attack and stole money and valuables from her house by pretending to be a potential home buyer was sentenced to death yesterday. Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's...

Killer convicted 17 years after crime

Metro | Courts
2009-8-25

A MAN was convicted of murder and sentenced to death yesterday, 17 years after the demise of his victim, whose bones were found in a Shanghai sewer last year. The penalty was suspended for two years and Chen He,...

Death, jail terms for Ponzi 'cab' swindlers

Metro | Courts
2009-8-18

ONE of the leaders of a group of six who swindled people out of a fortune in a Ponzi scheme linked to nonexistent taxicab investments was yesterday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate...