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Article: China Prosecutes Village Committee Chairman
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 25, 1999
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Liang Manhong, a village committee chairman in north China, was
recently prosecuted for failing to hold timely village committee
elections after his first term expired two years ago.
According to China's law, a village committee chairman has a
three-year term of office. But Liang was elected as committee
chairman of Yingxian Village in Shanxi Province five years ago, and
has held the post ever since without holding another election as
required.
Liang also appointed six village committee members after ...