China executes official involved in country's largest corruption case
3 weeks, 4 days ago

China executes official involved in country's largest corruption case

Hindustan Times  

China on Tuesday executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totalling to over USD 421 million. The death sentence of Li, former secretary of the ruling Communist Party working committee of the Hohhot economic and technological development zone, was initially issued in September 2022 and upheld on appeal in August 2024. Li, 64 was found guilty by an intermediate court earlier of embezzling a staggering three billion yuan in illegal gains — the largest sum involved in a single corruption case in China’s history, according to earlier reports in the Chinese official media. In his speech delivered at the plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in January this year, contents of which were released for the first time on Sunday by party theoretical magazine Qiushi, 71-year-old Xi has called on cadres to confront corruption head-on so that interest groups cannot prey on the ruling Communist Party.

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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case

The Independent  

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China: Massive corruption in funeral services, viral report reveals officers sell thousands of dead bodies
4 months, 4 weeks ago

China: Massive corruption in funeral services, viral report reveals officers sell thousands of dead bodies

India TV News  

China has uncovered widespread corruption in its funeral services industry, state media said on Wednesday, with offences such as illegal fees and cemeteries committed by long-time managers and officials of funeral homes. Investigations by disciplinary authorities across the provinces of Anhui, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan and Yunnan have led to numerous accusations of violations by employees of funeral …

Former Guangdong official sentenced to 10 years for bribery
5 months, 1 week ago

Former Guangdong official sentenced to 10 years for bribery

China Daily  

On Wednesday, Li Chunsheng, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 4 million yuan for bribery by the Chenzhou Intermediate People's Court in Chenzhou, Hunan province. According to the verdict, Li was found to have taken advantage of his various posts to siphon bribes valued at …

Former head of one of China’s top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption
8 months ago

Former head of one of China’s top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced the former head of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers to 16 years in prison Tuesday on charges of accepting bribes and abusing his authority, part of leader Xi Jinping’s politically-tinged anti-corruption campaign. Xi’s campaign has ensnared thousands of Chinese officials and executives of state-owned companies in a long-running crackdown on …

Former China Football Federation president is sentenced to LIFE in prison as Chen Xuyuan is convicted of bribery as part of nation's crackdown on corruption in sport
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Former China Football Federation president is sentenced to LIFE in prison as Chen Xuyuan is convicted of bribery as part of nation's crackdown on corruption in sport

Daily Mail  

The former president of China's Football Federation, Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, as reported by the country's state media. Former president of China 's Football Federation, Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery The investigation that led to Xuyuan's conviction covered a spell of illicit activities and malpractices during his …

Anti-corruption crackdown: China amends criminal law, toughens punishment for bribery
1 year ago

Anti-corruption crackdown: China amends criminal law, toughens punishment for bribery

Firstpost  

The amended law, which will take effect on March 1, has intensified the fight against bribe-givers, stating that those offering bribes repeatedly, to multiple people, or parties involved in major national projects should be harshly punished. The amended law, effective from March 1, intensified the fight against bribe-givers, stating that those offering bribes repeatedly, to multiple people, or parties involved …

Xi Jinping tells officials they are ‘being followed by shadows’ as he cracks down on corruption
1 year, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping tells officials they are ‘being followed by shadows’ as he cracks down on corruption

The Telegraph  

Chinese officials should feel like they are being “followed by shadows”, Xi Jinping, the president, has said as he continues his crackdown on corruption. Mr Xi gave his warning at a meeting of the Central Auditing Commission in May, but the previously unpublished speech was revealed in Qiushi, the leading Communist Party journal this week, the South China Morning Post …

What China’s mysterious sacking of top ministers means for Xi Jinping’s grip on power
1 year, 2 months ago

What China’s mysterious sacking of top ministers means for Xi Jinping’s grip on power

The Independent  

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Xi ‘firmly in charge’ as rivals fall in China anti-graft campaign
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi ‘firmly in charge’ as rivals fall in China anti-graft campaign

Al Jazeera  

Name after name, senior politician after senior politician. “For those who have speculated there is opposition to Xi’s leadership, these sentences make it clear he is firmly in charge.” Corruption not unusual in China According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, China scored 45 out of 100 in 2021, …

Former top cops receive suspended death sentences from China's Xi Jinping
2 years, 3 months ago

Former top cops receive suspended death sentences from China's Xi Jinping

Firstpost  

Chinese authorities have announced a spate of high-profile sentences this week, as an anti-graft campaign kicks into high gear ahead of a political meeting next month where President Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term A Chinese former top security official faces life in prison after a court on Friday hit him with a suspended death sentence …

China official gets life imprisonment for corruption amid Xi Jinping's crackdown
2 years, 3 months ago

China official gets life imprisonment for corruption amid Xi Jinping's crackdown

Hindustan Times  

A Chinese court sentenced a former top security official to life in prison, completing a crackdown on the “political clique” he led just weeks before a crucial Communist Party reshuffle. Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Former Vice Public Security Minister Sun Lijun, 53, was given a suspended death sentence with no possibility …

What’s Driving Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive?
2 years, 10 months ago

What’s Driving Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive?

The Diplomat  

Over the last several years, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption has swept up dozens of senior officers in the Chinese military. Nonetheless, Xi’s multiple drives against corruption, not just in the military, but in the Chinese Communist Party and among entrepreneurs as well, have also spawned the use of the Chinese media to reveal to the public the …

Former Chief of China's Top State Lender Lai Xiaomin Executed for Corruption Worth $276 Million & Bigamy
3 years, 11 months ago

Former Chief of China's Top State Lender Lai Xiaomin Executed for Corruption Worth $276 Million & Bigamy

News 18  

Lai Xiaomin, former chief of China's top state-owned asset management company, was executed on Friday after a court sentenced him to death for corruption involving $276 million and bigamy. The Second Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin, which sentenced him to death, earlier in its ruling said that between 2008 and 2018, Lai, former board chairman of China Huarong Asset …

Lai Xiaomin: China sentences former Huarong chairman to death for bribery
4 years ago

Lai Xiaomin: China sentences former Huarong chairman to death for bribery

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — A Chinese court has sentenced the former chairman of a huge state-owned financial company to death after finding him guilty of bribery. Lai Xiaomin —who used to chair China Huarong Asset Management — was guilty of taking or seeking bribes totaling nearly 1.8 billion yuan, a court in the port city of Tianjin said on …

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
4 years ago

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

The Independent  

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China Sentences Ex-chairman of Asset Management Company for Seeking Bribes, Bigamy
4 years ago

China Sentences Ex-chairman of Asset Management Company for Seeking Bribes, Bigamy

News 18  

The former chairman of China’s Huarong Asset Management Co was sentenced to death, a court in the northern city of Tianjin said on Tuesday, in one of the country’s highest profile corruption cases. Lai Xiaomin was convicted of receiving or seeking bribes totalling 1.788 billion yuan from 2008 to 2018, when he was also a senior banking regulator, according to …

Xi Jinping’s Cult & Purge: How He Used Image of an Anti-corruption Crusader to Usurp More Power
4 years, 4 months ago

Xi Jinping’s Cult & Purge: How He Used Image of an Anti-corruption Crusader to Usurp More Power

News 18  

A Republican lawmaker, Scott Perry, has presented a bill in the United States House of Representatives, Name the Enemy Act, demanding the Chinese head of state, Xi Jinping, should not be referred to as the ‘Chinese President’ anymore. Xi Jinping has become so powerful that he has abolished the two-term rule and can remain China’s president even for life unless …

China’s ex deputy intelligence chief jailed for life over graft
6 years ago

China’s ex deputy intelligence chief jailed for life over graft

Al Jazeera  

Court sentences Ma Jian to life in prison for corruption offences, including accepting bribes and insider trading. A Chinese court has jailed for life a former high-ranking intelligence official for taking bribes, coercive business deals and insider trading. “Ma Jian’s behaviour constituted the crime of accepting bribes, forcing others to trade and insider trading,” the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court in …

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