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Canada-based pop star Wanting Qu has issued a heartfelt plea for justice in the long-delayed Chinese corruption case against her mother, a former Harbin city official who prosecutors want executed for allegedly embezzling 350 million yuan (US$52 million).
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Qu’s posting on Weibo, telling how her “heart aches” for her mother Qu Zhang Mingjie, went viral this week. Posts carrying a hashtag referring to her comments have been viewed more than 230 million times, but elicited an overwhelmingly negative response from Chinese netizens.
“My mother has been detained for more than four years, and there is still no verdict,” Qu wrote on Monday. “My heart aches, but I still have to believe that the court will give a fair and just result.
“I wish you all a happy Spring Festival, family reunion, health and happiness.”
Chinese corruption prosecutors seek death penalty for mother of Wanting Qu
Terry McBride of Canadian record label Nettwerk said he no longer represented Qu. A request for comment lodged with an email address for Qu’s managers, listed on her Facebook page, did not receive an immediate response.
real estate scamthat reportedly left hundreds of impoverished farm workers in appalling conditions, as real estate developers tried to force them out of dorm accommodation on a state-owned corn farm that had been transferred into private hands in 2009.
Zhang is said to have deceived farm managers about the terms of the land transfer, allegedly receiving about 350 million yuan (US$52 million) in kickbacks from the new owners. Chinese media reported that the new owners tried to force out workers who lived on the farm, cutting off their pensions and eventually shutting down the boiler in the dorms; January low temperatures in Heilongjiang province average -24 Celsius.
The accusations are strongly denied by Zhang’s defence, which says a confession was obtained unlawfully.
Wanting Qu issues update on mother’s death-penalty case, declaring Chinese law ‘perfect and righteous’
China’s courts have a conviction rate of about 99.9 per cent.
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Qu’s posting on Weibo, telling how her “heart aches” for her mother Qu Zhang Mingjie, went viral this week. Posts carrying a hashtag referring to her comments have been viewed more than 230 million times, but elicited an overwhelmingly negative response from Chinese netizens.
“My mother has been detained for more than four years, and there is still no verdict,” Qu wrote on Monday. “My heart aches, but I still have to believe that the court will give a fair and just result.
“I wish you all a happy Spring Festival, family reunion, health and happiness.”
Chinese corruption prosecutors seek death penalty for mother of Wanting Qu
Terry McBride of Canadian record label Nettwerk said he no longer represented Qu. A request for comment lodged with an email address for Qu’s managers, listed on her Facebook page, did not receive an immediate response.
real estate scamthat reportedly left hundreds of impoverished farm workers in appalling conditions, as real estate developers tried to force them out of dorm accommodation on a state-owned corn farm that had been transferred into private hands in 2009.
Zhang is said to have deceived farm managers about the terms of the land transfer, allegedly receiving about 350 million yuan (US$52 million) in kickbacks from the new owners. Chinese media reported that the new owners tried to force out workers who lived on the farm, cutting off their pensions and eventually shutting down the boiler in the dorms; January low temperatures in Heilongjiang province average -24 Celsius.
The accusations are strongly denied by Zhang’s defence, which says a confession was obtained unlawfully.
Wanting Qu issues update on mother’s death-penalty case, declaring Chinese law ‘perfect and righteous’
China’s courts have a conviction rate of about 99.9 per cent.
