Lesson from China

Associated Press | 28 August, 2002 | Associated Press

[Roy Tucker]

Ex-Air China Official Executed

August 28, 2002, 4:28 AM EDT

BEIJING -- The former deputy chief of the finance department of Air China was executed this week on embezzlement charges, a court official said Wednesday.

Yang Ning was convicted of stealing more than $3.1 million, said an official of China's Supreme People's Court. She would give only her surname, Wang.

Yang was put to death Tuesday after the court rejected his appeal, Wang said.

Between 1992 and 1995, Yang used phony tickets and other tricks to defraud the Chinese flag carrier of $2.9 million, according to state media.

The reports said he also had the airline pay personal expenses for him worth some $200,000

[Roy Tucker]

This would focus the minds of Messrs. Lay, Skilling, Fastow, Ebbers and Sullivan more than signing pledges to financial statements.

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China's Supreme People's Court

Judge Wopner Yang?

[Roy Tucker]

LOL. I can't imagine the defense arguments last very long.

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Where is Jonny Cochran when you need him?

[Roy Tucker]

You made me think of a great new show where Judge Wapner gets to mete out the death penalty.

Judge Wapner: You have been accused of stealing $850 of property from your ex-girlfriend when you moved out of the apartment you shared. I find you guilty and I sentence you to death right after our next commercial break.

I think the defendants would really sharpen up their arguments.

[Roy Tucker]

Yeah, I guess old Wang won't be using that phony return ticket.