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| Chinese court upholds ’BMW case’ |
| 2004-03-29 |
| via BBC A controversially lenient sentence for a wealthy Chinese woman whose BMW car ran over a peasant has been upheld. Su Xiuwen, who drove into a crowd last October, was originally sentenced to a suspended jail term. But popular anger at the ruling, and Mrs Su’s political links, persuaded the government to review the case. A judicial panel has now decided the ruling was "appropriate", and agreed that Mrs Su had no ill intent, but instead was a bad driver. The case began last October when a tractor pulling a load of green onions scraped the side of Mrs Su’s metallic-silver BMW in a crowded market in the northern city of Harbin. Mrs Su reportedly swore and hit out at the farmer and his wife who had got down from their tractor to apologise, then drove her car into the growing crowd on the roadside, killing the farmer’s wife and injuring 12 others. Ms Su’s two-year suspended sentence for what the judge ruled was an "accidental traffic disturbance" touched off rumours that her wealthy businessman husband was related to senior provincial officials. The rumours and unease spread particularly quickly via the internet, prompting local officials to agree to begin a comparatively rare review of the case. But the review panel, made up of provincial security and legal officials, has approved the court’s judgement, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. Xinhua said that allegations that Mrs Su’s family tried to menace and bribe some witnesses, or that Mrs Su benefited from her links to provincial officials, had not been substantiated. "No, of course not, there’s no corruption here. Only in running dog imperialist dens of iniquity will you find corruption. We are the worker’s paradise. Hell, everyone has a BMW* here." * Big Metal Wok |
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| Posted by: Jack TROLL TROLL 2004-03-29 8:02:14 AM |
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| Posted by: Jack TROLL TROLL 2004-03-29 8:02:14 AM |
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| Posted by: Jack TROLL TROLL 2004-03-29 8:02:14 AM |
| #12 Su Xiuwen must be Chinese for Lizzie Grubman... Bwahahahahahaha!!! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-04 9:12:34 PM |
| #11 Xinhua said that allegations that Mrs Su’s family tried to menace and bribe some witnesses, or that Mrs Su benefited from her links to provincial officials, had not been substantiated. Hey, wait! They left out the part about how China's justice system is riddled with forgery, bribery and intentional errors of judgement. Not that it has anything to do with the resolution of this particular case. No siree, Bob. From Transparency International's 2004 Global Corruption Report: -------------------------- Corruption Perceptions Index 2003 score: 3.4 (66th out of 133 countries) Bribe Payers Index 2003 score: 3.5 (20th out of 21 countries) Reforms to combat widespread judicial corruption Many of China's most senior leaders admit that corruption is rife in the country's judicial and law enforcement systems, in spite of a crackdown on illegal practices and a series of recent reforms. In November 2002, Liu Liyang, former deputy secretary general of the CCDI, highlighted judicial corruption as one of the key concerns.¹ Offences by judges and court officials include abuse of power in lawsuit proceedings, intentional errors of judgment, forging court papers and accepting bribes. -------------------------- |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-04 9:11:33 PM |
| #10 Shipman, in China doesn't a guy with a long braid pull the surrey? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-29 8:16:28 PM |
| #9 Pacer's are you serious? Do you have any clue about what kinda training goes into a serious (tho magnificent) standardbread? Go for the Vega it only a star and probably hasn't hurt anyone. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-29 7:28:00 PM |
| #8 Shipman, do you think that all Vegans should drive Vega's or would Pacers be OK as well? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-29 6:10:33 PM |
| #7 I bet she's a vegan. Yeah, prolly dodged someones's dinner. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-29 5:15:28 PM |
| #6 I bet she's a vegan. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-29 12:53:23 PM |
| #5 Su Xiuwen, who drove into a crowd last October, Su Xiuwen must be Chinese for Lizzie Grubman... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-03-29 12:29:44 PM |
| #4 At least he admits to being a Troll... |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-03-29 9:10:43 AM |
| #3 What the hell does your assinine commment have to with the topic at hand? |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-03-29 8:36:37 AM |
| #2 Jack /off |
| Posted by: Frank 2004-03-29 8:29:23 AM |
| #1 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Smith TROLL TROLL 2004-03-29 8:02:14 AM |
