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Senior Chinese Banker Gets Suspended Death Sentence in Embezzlement Scandal

By Joe McDonald Associated Press Writer
Published: Aug 12, 2005

BEIJING (AP) - A former president of state-owned Bank of China's Hong Kong branch received a suspended death sentence Friday for embezzlement in an apparent effort by Beijing to help restore faith in its scandal-plagued banks as they prepare to sell shares abroad.
Liu Jinbao was fired in May 2003 in a scandal that jolted efforts by Chinese leaders to present their banking industry to foreign investors as modern and well-regulated.

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