Government and Policy
Chinese court upholds verdict on criminal gang
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-31 19:52
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CHONGQING: A court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday dismissed appeals by 18 people convicted of organized crimes.
In the second trial, or the final trial on Thursday, the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court upheld the original verdict handed down by the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing on November 5.
The other 25 members of the gang received jail terms ranging from six months to 17 years. More than half of them are under 30 years old. The youngest is 18. ?Li and his 17 accomplices appealed against the verdict.
Li, born in 1973, organized the crime gang in 2001 and made more than 3 million yuan through racketeering. His gang used violence to levy fees from taxi drivers and vendors at a market in Kaixian County.
The gang were also convicted of arson, tax evasion, robbery and illegally owning guns.
