Chinese billionaire sentenced to death

BEIJING - A COURT in north-east China sentenced to death a billionaire who hired two people to kill his former business partner following a legal dispute, state media reported late on Friday.

Wang Wenxiang, 49, paid his personal secretary, Bai Peng, and a migrant worker, Yu Yi, to murder Zhong Yishi in May this year, Xinhua news agency said.

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