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Stephen Chen

The former party newspaper chief of Guangzhou reportedly had a mental breakdown during his appeal against a conviction for corruption.
"I want jail … leave this case to be judged by history," yelled Dai Yuqing, former president of Guangzhou Daily, at the appeal hearing in a Guangzhou court on Friday morning, the state-funded Shanghai-based news website Thepaper.cn reported.
The judge immediately announced an adjournment.
The hearing resumed in the afternoon.
Dai had appealed after being jailed for 11 years at his first trial at a court in Dongguan earlier this year after his conviction for accepting bribes totalling 2.469 million yuan (HK$2.8 million). He had denied the charges.
The bribe money had allegedly been supplied by two subordinates working in the newspaper's advertisement department, who paid the money to Dai in return for keeping their jobs and being promoted, the court was told.
At the end of the first trial Dai surprised the court by revealing details of an unhappy affair with his former boss, Wang Xiaoling.
Wang is a former Communist Party propaganda chief in Guangzhou and at the time of Dai's arrest had been promoted to the post of head the city's anti-graft authorities. She is also a niece of Zeng Qinghong , vice-president of China from 2003 to 2008.
Dai told the first trial that he had repeatedly rejected Wang's efforts to benefit financially by meddling in the newspaper's business operations, such as advertising and infrastructure construction projects. He said this led to Wang retaliating.
At Friday's appeal hearing, Dai further alleged that Wang was the mastermind behind bribery charges against him.
He claimed that Wang had obtained 3 million yuan from Guangzhou Daily, which was paid to members of her family.
On Friday the judge asked Dai to provide evidence to the court as he adjourned the appeal hearing, and said the appeal verdict would be given at a later date.
Last month, 60 journalists and editors of official mainland media signed a petition supporting Dai, which claimed he and the two subordinates were tortured by anti-graft authorities into making "confessions".
Dai's wife, Yang Lanling, previously told the South China Morning Post she filed complaints about Wang to higher authorities accusing her of insider trading in the stock market.
Guangdong's anti-graft authorities have denied that Wang, who is now retired, had been linked to the charges against Dai.
Provincial anti-graft authorities said they had investigated Dai's claims against Wang and concluded they were unfounded.


Guangzhou's former party newspaper chief reportedly has breakdown during appeal against graft conviction

File photo of Wang Xiaoling, the Communist Party's anti-corruption chief in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Photo: Xinhua

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Guangzhou figure accused of corruption reportedly suffers breakdown in court


The former party newspaper chief of Guangzhou reportedly had a mental breakdown during his appeal against a conviction for corruption.
