Chinese court hands former local official rare death sentence in $324 million graft case
Yang Youlin was convicted of taking more than 2.2 billion yuan in bribes and other crimes, a punishment that is rare for economic offenses in China.
- On Monday, the Changzhou Intermediate People sentenced former Nanjing Development Zone official Yang Youlin to death for taking more than 2.21 billion yuan in bribes between 2013 and 2023, according to China Central Television.
- During the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party last week, President Jinping touted his anti-corruption campaign, vowing the party is determined to "eliminate all viruses that erode its health."
- The Court convicted Yang of embezzlement, money laundering, and abuse of power, ruling his crimes were "exceptionally grave" and he "accepted bribes in an especially huge amount," according to Jiangsu officials.
- Yang "made a final statement and admitted guilt and expressed remorse in court," the judgment noted, though Reuters could not reach Yang or his attorney for comment.
- Capital sentences remain rare in corruption cases but occur when bribes exceed 1 billion yuan; in 2024, official Jianping was executed in Inner Mongolia for a case involving more than 3 billion yuan.
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A Chinese court has sentenced a former high-ranking Nanjing official to death for accepting bribes totaling more than 2.21 billion yuan (approximately 10.8 billion baht) over a period of more than 30 years.
Chinese court hands former local official rare death sentence in $418.4m graft case
BEIJING — A Chinese court on Monday (July 6) sentenced Yang Youlin, a former senior local official in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, to death over corruption while also convicting him of abuse of power and money laundering among other charges, a court statement showed.Yang illegally accepted money and property totalling over 2.2 billion yuan (S$418.4 million) while holding various government posts from 1993 to 2023, the Changzhou Intermedi…
China court hands ex-official death sentence in $325M bribery case
WASHINGTON — A court in eastern China on Monday sentenced a former local official to death over taking bribes that authorities said amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars during a three-decade period. Yang Youlin, a former economic development official in the Jiangsu Province capital of Nanjing on China’ s east coast, “illegally accepted property and assets” valued over 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) from 1993 to 2023, the Changzhou Inter…
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Former city official sentenced to death in China for taking $325 million in bribes over 3 decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former economic development official in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing was sentenced to death Monday for taking bribes worth $325 million over three decades.
Former Nanjing Official Sentenced to Death in One of China’s Biggest Bribery Cases
Former Nanjing Official Sentenced to Death in One of China’s Biggest Bribery Cases - Yang Youlin was found to have accepted 2.214 billion yuan in bribes over three decades, ranking him among the most corrupt officials in modern Chinese history
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