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Crime boss gets death in prostitution racket
By Hu Meidong
January 24, 2005
A court has sentenced a local gang boss to the death penalty for his part in
running a prostitution ring for in which 50 middle-ranking officials have been
involved.
With Chen Kai in charge, a 21-member gang received punishment meted out on
Friday by the Nanping Intermediary People's Court in the provincial capital of
East China's Fujian Province for organizing prostitution, gambling and for
bribing government officials.
The court has found 50 officials worked as a protective umbrella for the gang,
and took bribes of just under US$1 million.
With the involvement of former Party deputy secretary of Fuzhou Song Licheng
and former Party head of Fuqing, the gang-related case is regarded as the
biggest case of corruption like it in the provincial capital.
The court also found that Chen illegally netted 12.09 million yuan (US$1.45
million) and 150 million yuan (US$18 million) through dodging and by contract
fraud conducted through his companies.
A group of chiefs responsible for the local police, finances, banking and
taxation were found connected to the gang in the investigation that started
since the latter part of 2003.
Chen, engaged in the entertainment and real estate sectors for years, was said
to be the richest person in Fuzhou before he was arrested in 2003.
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