Prosecutors Withdraw Charges Against Li Zhuang

(Beijing) – Prosecutors in Chongqing withdrew additional charges against Li Zhuang, a Beijing-based former lawyer serving an 18-month jail term for coercing false testimony.

The decision ends the latest legal episode of a drama that has engrossed the attention of both the public and the country's legal circles since early 2010, in which many academics and lawyers criticized the court proceedings of Li Zhuang's charges. Li represented an alleged gang boss during a crackdown on organized crime in Chongqing, located in southwestern China, and was convicted of asking his client to give false testimony.