Beijing Olympics Building Chief May Be Executed for Corruption

[Coventina]

Source: New York Times

BEIJING — A former Beijing official who oversaw citywide construction projects for this year’s Olympic Games has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption in a case that involved bribery and lavish living, state news outlets reported on Sunday.

Xinhua, the state news agency, reported that the sentence, suspended for two years, meant that if the defendant “shows good behavior, his sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment.”

The official, Liu Zhihua, 59, once exercised immense power as Beijing’s vice mayor and chief director of the agency that supervised construction projects, including the citywide makeover to prepare for the Games.

But in June 2006, Mr. Liu was stripped of his post after being linked to a bribery scandal. He was expelled from the governing Communist Party six months later.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/sports/olympics/20beijing.html?ref=world

[liberal N proud]

1. If he were in America...

The government would reward him with more contracts to handle and send more tax payer dollars his way.

[Indenturedebtor]

3. YEP! He would be one of our shining heros of capitalism n/t

[Ian David]

2. I think some of our CEOs should have a similar severance package.

"What color is your guillotine"?

[Cronus Protagonist]

6. lol :)

:P

[DS1]

4. Wow. A whole million dollars. AIG steals that much in 30 minutes

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Should have done it during the Olympics

let the world see Chinese justice