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Chinese villager gets death for election killing
30 Dec 2008 15:47:22 GMT
 Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A villager in China has been sentenced to death for hiring hit men to kill a rival for the post of village chief, state media said on Tuesday.

Wang Bentie paid five men 8,000 yuan ($1,170) to kill a challenger for head of the villagers' committee in a local election in Xiawan in Zhejiang province, Xinhua news agency reported.

The victim died three days after being stabbed by his attackers.

Wang "committed the crime to retain his post", Xinhua quoted a court in Wenzhou as saying in delivering its verdict.

One of the hired killers was also sentenced to death while the other four were jailed for between six and 15 years in prison.

In a separate case, a village official in the northeastern province of Liaoning is on trial charged with killing five people over an election-related dispute, Xinhua said.

Li Hui was elected head of the villagers' committee of Zhaoyingzi village in April but was later accused by a distant relative of vote-buying, Xinhua said quoting court documents.

Li is accused of killing the relative's entire family of five several months later, Xinhua said. (Reporting by Jason Subler; Editing by Richard Balmforth)


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