Ex-chief lawmaker given death sentence

时间：2007-08-11 03:00:54

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Duan Yihe, former chairman of the Standing1 Committee of the People's Congress of Jinan, capital of Shandong Province.
 
JINAN，Aug.10 - A former chief legislator of a major city in East China and a policeman relative were sentenced to death yesterday after being found guilty of murdering the lawmaker's mistress.

 

Duan Yihe, former chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Jinan, capital of Shandong Province, was sentenced at the Intermediate People's Court of Zibo.

 

Jinan policeman Chen Zhi, Duan's nephew-in-law, also faces execution for helping2 to murder Liu Haiping, Duan's mistress, with his accomplice3, Chen Changbing, who got life imprisonment4.

 

Duan, 61, had maintained an intimate relationship with Liu, a divorced woman 30 years his junior, since 2000, buying her a house and arranging jobs for many of her relatives, the court heard.

 

However, he later wanted to end the relationship after gradually growing tired of Liu, who repeatedly asked for money, demanded he divorce his wife to marry her and even threatened to report him to the prosecuting5 authorities.

 

Duan found it very hard to shake Liu off and planned with Chen to cause a traffic accident to make her "lose her ability to think", and he said it was Chen's error that killed Liu.

 

At about 5 pm on July 9, Chen Zhi and Chen Changbing, planted a homemade bomb in Liu's car and detonated it 30 minutes later by remote control as she was driving.

 

The explosion killed Liu at the scene and injured two passersby6.

 

Duan was also convicted of taking bribes7 and asking for 1.69 million yuan ($223,000) in cash. He was also unable to account for a further 1.3-million yuan worth of assets, which were beyond his reasonable income level.

 

Duan was arrested on July 16. He was expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from Party posts after the case was exposed.

 

The three convicted men said they would appeal.

 

A 55-article regulation issued by the State Council, which took effect on June 1, says officials who engage in extramarital sex can be demoted or fired.

 

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1 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
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  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
3 accomplice XJsyq     
n.从犯，帮凶，同谋
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  • She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
  • He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
4 imprisonment I9Uxk     
n.关押，监禁，坐牢
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  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
5 prosecuting 3d2c14252239cad225a3c016e56a6675     
检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师
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  • The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
  • Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。
6 passersby HmKzQJ     
n. 过路人(行人,经过者)
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  • He had terrorized Oxford Street,where passersby had seen only his footprints. 他曾使牛津街笼罩了一片恐怖气氛，因为那儿的行人只能看到他的脚印，看不到他的人。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
  • A person is marceling on a street, watching passersby passing. 街边烫发者打量着匆匆行人。
7 bribes f3132f875c572eefabf4271b3ea7b2ca     
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
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  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

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