Alleged gang godmother, corrupt police on stand

Twenty-two people, including Xie Caiping, a woman said to be the city's only female gang boss, and two police officers accused of protecting her organization went on trial yesterday in this southwestern city following a crime sweep. The trial in Chongqing's No 5 Intermediate People's Court was the fourth such proceeding to start since Monday. The trials began after investigations into 14 mafia ...