Tibet Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence Over $50-Million Bribe Case

Former Tibet Official Receives Suspended Death Sentence for Corruption

A former Chinese official, who the United States and Canada sanctioned for aiding the Communist Party’s human rights abuses, has been given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes. Wu Yingjie, former Party chief in the far-western region of Tibet, was found guilty of taking approximately 343 million yuan ($47.8 million) in bribes while serving in various positions in Tibet between 2006 and 2021, according to a statement issued by the Suprem…

Tibet Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence Over $50-Million Bribe Case

The former Communist Party head of Tibet was handed a suspended death sentence on Wednesday for taking bribes worth almost $50 million, a court in China said.

Former Tibet Communist Party chief gets suspended death sentence over bribery

He has confessed to accepting close to $64 million in bribes in exchange for government contracts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Former Tibet Party Chief Wu Yingjie sentenced to death in $47 million bribery case

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 16 : Wu Yingjie, the former Communist Party Secretary of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a Beijing court on Wednesday after being found guilty of accepting over 343 million yuan (approximately USD 47.78 million) in bribes, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The 67-year-old former official pleaded guilty earlier this year in March. …