Former TV producer sentenced to 10 years in prison
( 2003-12-12 16:58) (Xinhua)
Zhao An, a former entertainment program producer with China Central
Television, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in jail for taking bribes.
Court investigations show that Zhao, a former director of CCTV's cultural and
entertainment programs, accepted 110,000 yuan (13, 000 US dollars) in cash and
500,000 yuan (60,000 US dollars) worth of audio and video equipment from Zhang
Junyi, a private business owner and songwriter whose works were repeatedly
staged on spring festival evening parties and other entertainment programs
Zhao directed or was in charge between 1994 and 2000.
With bribes, Zhang even talked Zhao into airing on CCTV
an autobiographical documentary on the songwriter.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled on Friday that
Zhao's 200,000 yuan (24,000 US dollars) of personal property should be
confiscated.
Zhao,44 and a native of the eastern province of Zhejiang, has confessed
to the court some of his illegal transactions with Zhang Junyi, and all his
bribes have been retrieved, according to court sources.
Zhang, 33, formerly president of Beijing Star of Life Advertising Co.,
was sentenced to six years in jail for bribing Zhao and defaming Chinese
officials + including the top management of CCTV, in anonymous letters in
2001 and 2002.
Yang Xueni, a 25-year-old woman from Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to
three years for collaborating with Zhang.
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