Chinese flour factory boss, 49, is executed after raping 25 underage schoolgirls
Zhao Zhiyong had sexually assaulted the young victims on 32 occasions in the space of one and a half years.

Zhao was said to be an influential businessman in Kaifeng.
He owned a large flour factory and was the deputy head of the Kaifeng Chamber of Commerce, according to Chinese news outlet The Paper, citing a court notice.
He was also said to be a representative of the Kaifeng People's Congress

The notice also claimed that Zhao, 49, had sent Li to look for 'young female pupils' from middle schools in the county of Weishi so that he could have sex with them.

Li, together with eight accomplices, forced the victims to sleep with Zhao by beating them, intimidating them and taking pictures of their privates as threats.

The notice added that Zhao had raped 25 middle school students on 32 occasions, including 14 girls who were not yet 14 years old.

Zhao's accomplice Li was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.

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