Former China Eastern Boss Charged with Bribery
Authorities say Liu Shaoyong accepted more than 134 million yuan in bribes and abused multiple posts to secure benefits for others.
- On Friday, China's top prosecutor indicted Liu Shaoyong, former chairman of China Eastern Airlines Group, on bribery charges, alleging he accepted over $20 million in illegal funds.
- Liu was expelled from the Communist Party in January for "serious violations of Party discipline and laws," Xinhua reported, after a year-long graft investigation preceded the formal charges.
- President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign targets both "tigers and flies," with recent convictions of former defense officials Wei Fenghe and Shangfu sentenced to death with two-year reprieve.
- Liu chaired China Eastern when one of its planes plunged into a mountainside in March 2022, killing 132 people; however, Xinhua's report did not mention recent United States NTSB findings of a cockpit struggle.
- The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the arrest decision; Reuters was unable to reach Liu for comment regarding allegations he abused official posts to secure benefits and accept bribes.
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Former China Eastern Airlines chairman prosecuted for bribery
Former China Eastern Airlines chairman indicted on bribery charges
Zhou Xi'an, a former vice chairman of the Anhui provincial committee of the same Conference, was handed a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve, one of China's harshest graft penalties. He illegally accepted money and valuables worth more than 134 million yuan ($20 million), state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday.
Latest news indicates that Liu Shaoyong, the then chairman of China Eastern Airlines at the time of the plane crash, has been indicted. Prosecutors allege that he accepted bribes of an exceptionally large amount. In March 2022, China Eastern Airlines experienced a plane crash. Four months later, Liu Shaoyong resigned (but did not retire). He was dismissed from his post last June.
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