China gives suspended death sentence to former Xinjiang official for corruption

China gives suspended death sentence to former Xinjiang official for corruption

The court said that Li Pengxin, former deputy secretary of the Communist Party committee in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, had amassed "especially huge sums" by abusing various official positions

The CCP officialdom is full of corruption cases involving hundreds of millions of yuan. Li Pengxin, former deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Party Committee, was accused of accepting bribes of more than 822 million yuan (RMB, the same below). He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the first instance, and was later imprisoned for life after his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Li Pengxin was accused of being a close confi…

Newtalk News The Intermediate People's Court of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China, today (22) publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on the bribery case of Li Pengxin, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The defendant Li Pengxin was sentenced to death for bribery, with a two-year reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property. After the two-…