Yang Duoming, former vice-president of the higher people's court
of south China's Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, appeared in court yesterday to face
corruption charges.
He is accused of accepting 110,000 yuan (US$13,300) in 2000 to
change an original sentence given to Wu Changkao, former head of
Yulin City's public security bureau, who was accused of taking
bribes and appropriating state assets
The indictment alleged that Yang took 45,000 yuan (US$5,400)
from people involved in two economic disputes in 2000 and 2001, and
30,000 yuan (US$3,600) from a judge of his court named Zhou in the
second half of 2001 to help him obtain a higher post.
The 54-year-old Yang was appointed vice-president of Guangxi
Regional Higher People's Court in 1996 and was arrested on February
5 this year.
His case is being heard by Liuzhou Railway Transport
Procuratorate in Liuzhou, a city in central Guangxi.
(Xinhua News Agency July 7, 2005)