<p>Investigators said Chen Weijun, the 42-year-old owner of a karaoke bar in the city of Lishui, raped 14 girls from a local junior high school from the second half of 2007 to February 2009.<br /><br />Chen was sentenced to death for the offenses by the Intermediate People's Court of Lishui on September 22, 2009.<br /><br />He appealed to the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang, which upheld the verdict in December last year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<br /><br />China has one of higest number of death sentences and executions in the world, according to figures complied by a top human rights watchdog.</p>
<p>Investigators said Chen Weijun, the 42-year-old owner of a karaoke bar in the city of Lishui, raped 14 girls from a local junior high school from the second half of 2007 to February 2009.<br /><br />Chen was sentenced to death for the offenses by the Intermediate People's Court of Lishui on September 22, 2009.<br /><br />He appealed to the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang, which upheld the verdict in December last year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.<br /><br />China has one of higest number of death sentences and executions in the world, according to figures complied by a top human rights watchdog.</p>