US EditionIn China, an Official Will Be Executed for a $44 Million Bribe.
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The Figurant received bribes amounting to 316 million Yuan (approximately $44 million), and the former official ' s property was confiscated, and he was also deprived of all political rights.
In one of the toughest sentences in recent years, a Chinese court has sentenced Liu Xingtai, former vice president of the Hainan Province People’s Assembly, to death for accepting bribes worth more than 316 million yuan (approximately 43 million euros or 953 billion pesos). The sentence, issued on Tuesday, includes a “two-year suspension,” a particularity of the Chinese legal system that often commutes capital punishment to life imprisonment. Th…
The sentence against a senior official, who accepted bribes for millions of dollars, is part of the harsh anti-corruption campaign of the Xi Jinping regime, which seeks to send a strong signal.
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