INQUIRER.net: Tiananmen crackdown mayor dies—report

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Tiananmen crackdown mayor dies—report Jun 4th 2013, 22:39 BEIJING—The former mayor of Beijing who was believed to have played a prominent role in the Tiananmen crackdown died at the weekend, it was reported Tuesday, 24 years after the military repression.   Chen Xitong died in Beijing on Sunday at 9:54 a.m., according to the Hong Kong China News Agency, an outlet linked to the state-run China News Service.   Chen fell from grace in one of China's biggest political scandals and was widely seen as the official who pushed for the use of military force against the student-led protests in the heart of the capital.   He was sentenced to 16 years in jail on corruption charges in 1998, but won medical parole in 20... Keep on reading: Tiananmen crackdown mayor dies—report Media files: Hong-Kong-Tiananmen-800x515.jpg (image/jpeg)

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