Officials involved in schoolyard burial sentenced

A former official and a school headmaster involved in schoolyard burial case in Huaihua, Hunan province, were sentenced to 15 years in prison, announced a local court Monday.

Yang Jun, former political commissar of public security bureau of Xinhuang Dong autonomous county, and Huang Bingsong, then headmaster of Xinhuang No 1 Middle School, were convicted for duty-related discipline violations in the killing of Deng Shiping 16 years ago in Hunan province.

On Jan 22, 2003, Du Shaoping, with Luo Guangzhong, killed Deng in an office at the construction site of a running track at the school. That night the two defendants buried Deng in a pit of the playground, and the next day, Luo ordered those driving forklifts to fill the pit up, according to a ruling on Dec 18.

Du hired Luo to manage running track construction of Xinhuang No 1 Middle School after undertaking the building project in December 2001. Du was angry with Deng Shiping, who was asked by the school to be in charge of the construction quality.

Other 8 officials also recieved sentences, according to the local court.

Du Shaoping was convicted and sentenced to death according to the ruling before.

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