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Suspected female gang boss on trial
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In Chongqing, the series of trials resulting from a crackdown on organized crime have continued into their third day. 22 suspects went on trial on Wednesday. Among them was the only female, who is suspected to be a gang boss.
![Xie Caiping (1st L, front) and other suspects go on trial at the Fifth Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality, in southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 14, 2009. [Yang Lei/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20091016/001ec94a1ee40c42103202.jpg "Xie Caiping (1st L, front) and other suspects go on trial at the Fifth Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality, in southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 14, 2009. [Yang Lei/Xinhua]") |
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Xie Caiping (1st L, front) and other suspects go on trial at the Fifth Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality, in southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 14, 2009. [Yang Lei/Xinhua] |
Xie Caiping, the only woman among the 19 suspected gang bosses, faced the city's fifth Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday.
Xie is charged with five crimes, including organizing a crime gang, running an illegal business, illegal detention ... and bribery.
Xie was a tax official in Chongqing. In 2004, she allegedly assembled mobsters and ex-convicts to start a gambling business.
Xie is accused of expanding her business into an organized gang ... by opening a chain of more than 20 gambling houses across the city ... and organizing group drug sessions.
