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Borrowing headmaster gets leniency

A COURT in southwestern China's Sichuan Province has shown leniency to a schoolmaster who was convicted of illegally borrowing money from the public totaling 123 million yuan (US$18.01 million) to fund his school,... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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