power to secure jobs for her relatives. However, Liu kept asking for more money and demanded that Duan divorce his wife and marry her, which would have seriously damaged his government career. To get rid of her, Duan asked policeman Chen Zhi (), the husband of his niece, to create a "traffic accident". Chen Zhi then enlisted Chen Changbing (), owner of a local auto repair shop, to help plant the bomb in Liu's car. Trial and execution Duan was tried at the Zibo Intermediate People's Court in August 2007. During the trial, Duan claimed that he did not want to kill his mistress and only asked Chen Zhi to make Liu "lose her ability to think", and that Liu's death was caused by Chen's error when executing the plot. On August 9, 2007, the court ruled that Duan and Chen Zhi were both guilty of murder and sentenced them to death. Chen Changbing was convicted as an accomplice to murder and given a life sentence. In addition to murder, Duan was also convicted of taking bribes worth (equivalent to US$223,800 at the time). He also had assets worth (US$176,000), for which he could not explain the sources. The Supreme People's Court of China reviewed the case and approved the sentencing. Duan Yihe and Chen Zhi were both executed in Jinan on September 5, 2007. Duan was 61 years old. The method of execution was not released. He was the sixth provincial-ministerial level government official to be executed in China since 1978, after Hu Changqing (vice governor of Jiangxi), Cheng Kejie, Wang Huaizhong (vice governor of Anhui), Zheng Xiaoyu, and Lü Debin (vice governor of Henan). See also Zhao Liping, Inner Mongolia politician executed for murder in 2017 Cheng Kejie, another politician executed for corruption References 1946 births 2007 deaths Executed People's Republic of China people 21st-century executions by China People executed by China by lethal injection People executed for murder People convicted of murder by the People's Republic of China Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Politicians from Jinan Xi'an Jiaotong University alumni Bombers (people) Chinese politicians convicted of crimes Car and truck bombings in Asia 2007 murders in China People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Executed people from Shandong