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According to Liu Wei, aside from financial favors, he would also accommodate the trio at his own club where the four would do drugs and party together. In return, Liu Xuejun buried case files and Liu Han helped him be promoted however he could. Liu Xuejun also ran interference after homicides, while Liu Zhongwei and Lyu Bin provided firearms and ammunition.


The Liu brothers forged a sophisticated network of crooked officials through bribery, helping with promotions and providing drugs. Investigations were interrupted, evidence was destroyed and absurdly light penalties were dished out.


For example Authentic Steve Cishek Jersey , in May 2003, Sun Huajun, a member of Liu Han's circle, was arrested by the police in illegal possession of firearms. He was prosecuted, but quickly reprieved, only 15 days after his arrest.


Civilians in China are banned from possessing guns, ammunition Authentic Colby Rasmus Jersey , explosives and certain types of knives. Minor violations lead to jail sentences of three to 10 years. Major violations can lead to the death penalty.


Liu Han is widely connected to government officials in his search for an ever more powerful "umbrella", sometimes meant taking advantage of the contacts between his wife and spouses of those officials.


"Liu Han is extremely generous in his dealings with government officials. He is willing to pay, and he knows how to cater to their likes," said right-hand man Sun.


"Liu Han would take me to dine with them, and offer them gifts such as gold or jade items worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan," said Liu's ex-wife Yang Xue. "Sometimes he would deliberately lose when gambling, just to bribe them."


Yang Xue is also being prosecuted in a separate case.


As a result of Liu Han's growing economic prowess Authentic Brad Boxberger Jersey , his connections expanded from Guanghan and Deyang to Mianyang, Chengdu and even Beijing, according to Yang and other core members of the gang.


He gained access to officials at even higher levels when he was elected to the standing committee of the Sichuan provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and spent an enormous amount trying to corrupt them.


Under this "umbrella", Liu Han's organization accessed greater economic interests, and Liu himself obtained a variety of political positions.


He was a member of the Sichuan provincial committee of the CPPCC for three consecutive terms. Right-hand man Sun was a deputy to the Sichuan provincial People's Congress. Liu Wei, a thug in Guanghan Authentic Steven Souza Jersey , became an Olympic Torch bearer in 2008.


Liu Han's powerful connections gave him certain control over local government appointments and promotions.


In 2000, he proposed a tourist project at Mount Siguniang in Xiaojin County, but the plan was rejected by Ge, a county chief. Ge was swiftly transferred away from Xiaojin and Liu Han's project got underway.


In 2007, a truck owned by Liu Wei's Guanghan gravel business was stopped for overloading. The man who stopped the truck, Lianshan Township party committee secretary Jiao, was demoted and transferred three months later.


According to a Guanghan official who refused to be named Authentic Trevor Plouffe Jersey , Liu Han wields a lot of power in the promotion of local officials.


"Liu Han has money, connections, guns, and lieutenants willing to kill for him. Everyone is afraid of him. Once he is offended, you either die or lose your job," said Wen Xiangzhuo, a member of Liu's gang.


There was no shortage of people willing to do Liu's bidding. Local officials sought promotion Authentic Adeiny Hechavarria Jersey , and gangsters toed the line because Liu could fix their troubles.


For more than ten years, Liu Han's bloc has brought tremendous psychological intimidation to bear on Sichuan society. Victims did not dare voice their concerns. Law enforcement officials turned pale at the mention of his name and kept well out of his way.


Even now, when police investigated in Sichuan, people with inside knowledge trembled and were reluctant to talk. At one victim's house, police went great lengths to persuade the family to cooperate, while they repeatedly demanded the police to keep the visit secret, afraid of Liu Han's retribution Authentic Corey Dickerson Jersey , even from behind prison walls.


All these obstacles do not deter the Party and the government. During a meeting on political and legal affairs last month, President Xi Jinping ordered law enforcers to "carry the sword of equality and scales of justice" and to defend social justice and equality, however they could.


Even with Liu's case under intense scrutiny by central authorities, it took a year of painstaking investigation under the direct command of the Ministry of Public Security before the gang was busted and its key members seized, after more than 20 years of alleged evil.


As the news broke, local people celebrated wit