Huang Songyou (; born December 1957) was the Vice-President of the

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Biography

Huang was born in Shantou,

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

in December 1957. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from

Southwest University of Political Science & Law Southwest University of Political Science and Law (SWUPL) is a national public university located in Chongqing, China. It was founded in 1953 with the original name Southwest College of Political Science and Law. It was one of the first faculti ...

in 1982. After graduation, Huang worked as a judge in Guangdong

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. He was elected as the President of

Zhanjiang Zhanjiang (), historically spelled Tsamkong, is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, facing Haikou city to the south. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 ...

Intermediate People's Court in 1997. Huang was appointed by the Standing Committee of the

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as the Head of the Civil Law Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court and member of its Judicial Committee on June 28, 1999. He was appointed by the Standing Committee of the

as the Vice President of the Supreme People's Court on December 28, 2002. On or about October 16, 2008, Huang was reportedly detained by Communist Party discipline officials in connection with a corruption scandal. He was removed from the office of the Supreme Court vice presidency on October 28, 2008. In early 2010, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for receiving over 3.9 million RMB (about $570,000) in bribes while sitting as a Supreme People's Court judge, and for embezzling funds while serving as a judge in Guangdong.China jails senior judge for life over corruption, BBC News, January 19, 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8467064.stm

References

External links

Huang Songyou's profile at Supreme People's Court's website
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