Wang Lijun, former Vice Mayor and former police chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality,stood trial on September 18 in an open court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, for bribe- taking and bending the law for s...Wang Lijun, former Vice Mayor and former police chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality,stood trial on September 18 in an open court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, for bribe- taking and bending the law for selfish ends. One day before that, the Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court held another trial on Wang's two other charges of defection and abuse of power. Because these two charges involved state secrets, the trial on September 17 was a closed-door one. According to the indictment by the Chengdu City People's Procuratorate, Wang, then chief of Chongqing's Public Security Bureau, had neglected his duty of investigat- ing criminal acts and bent the law for personal gains.展开更多
文摘Wang Lijun, former Vice Mayor and former police chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality,stood trial on September 18 in an open court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, for bribe- taking and bending the law for selfish ends. One day before that, the Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court held another trial on Wang's two other charges of defection and abuse of power. Because these two charges involved state secrets, the trial on September 17 was a closed-door one. According to the indictment by the Chengdu City People's Procuratorate, Wang, then chief of Chongqing's Public Security Bureau, had neglected his duty of investigat- ing criminal acts and bent the law for personal gains.