(0429 CR M06)LAWYER CASE DROPPED official

(0429 CR M06)LAWYER CASE DROPPED DATELINE: April 29, 2011 LENGTH: 00:00:59 VO Prosecutors in a case in southwest China will not file charges against a lawyer who had been accused of encouraging a witness to fabricate evidence. The announcement was made on Thursday by a court in Chongqing Municipality It comes nearly one week after prosecutors dropped charges against the lawyer. Lawyer Li Zhuang was charged with instructing a witness to give false testimony in his client Meng Ying's embezzlement trial. But those charges were dropped last week, after evidence produced by the defendant was in conflict with the prosecutors'. The prosecutors said they made the decision after reviewing the evidence following last week's hearings. And they believe there are doubts about the veracity of the evidence. Li, 50, used to work with a law firm in Beijing. He was previously convicted on similar charges last year and is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence. Powered by www.newslook.com Producer : Xinhua News Agency