US EditionChina Executes Former Official in $412 Million Corruption Case
- The U.S. Department of Defense stated that the crackdown on military corruption 'may have disrupted its progress' toward a 2027 milestone for force modernization.
- More than a dozen high-ranking military officers and defense executives were removed in the second half of 2023, according to the report.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping has focused his anti-corruption efforts on the armed forces since he came to power more than a decade ago.
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Has the hangman's noose helped China curb big scams?
China on Tuesday executed a former Communist party official who was convicted in a USD 421-million financial scam. China often hands down death sentences and tough jail terms in big corruption cases. Has the hangman's noose actually helped China bring down cases of corruption and the magnitude of scams?
China on Tuesday executed 64-year-old Li Jianping, a former high-ranking official who was sentenced to death by a court in 2022 for corruption and embezzlement of three billion yuan (over 9.8 billion crowns), the British Independent reported.
China executes ex-official convicted in nation's largest-ever corruption case
China on Tuesday (Dec 17) executed a former official who was convicted in the country's largest-ever corruption case. According to a report by the state-run Xinhua news agency, the death sentence was awarded to Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
China executed a senior official from the northern Inner Mongolia region on Tuesday after being found guilty of corruption, a local court announced, as part of a campaign launched ten years ago against political corruption.
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