China: Former legislator bags life sentence for organised prostitution

A court on Tuesday sentenced Liang Yaohui, a former Deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), to life in prison  for organised prostitution.

Liang was charged before a court in south China’s Dongguan with  collusive tendering and bribery.

According to the court, Liang, who owned a five-star hotel had been offering prostitution services since 2004 and illegally gained nearly six  million U.S. dollars in 2013.

Liang, was also accused of colluding in entering bids which inflicted serious losses on national assets, and bribing a deputy manager of local power company for lower noncommercial electricity charges.

Liang appealed in court.

(Source: Xinhua/NAN)

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