A Chinese court on Monday gave former railways minister Liu Zhijun a suspended death sentence for corruption and abuse of power, state media report.
Liu was accused of accepting bribes totalling over 64m yuan ($10m) over 25 years.
Prosecutors said he awarded government rail contracts in return for bribes.
Liu is the most high-profile official to be tried and found guilty of corruption since Xi Jinping became China’s leader earlier this year.
Xi has called for a crackdown on corruption, vowing to tackle it from the powerful “tigers” at the top to the “flies” at the bottom of the Communist Party.
China’s railways ministry, once a powerful department, was disbanded in March.
It had been criticised for a series of safety scandals, and faced allegations of fraud which were uncovered by government audits.
Liu was convicted by a court in Beijing on Monday, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, deprived of his political rights for life and jailed for 10 years, Xinhua said, quoting the court verdict. His personal property will also be confiscated.
Despite his sentence, he is not expected to face the death penalty – suspended death sentences are normally commuted to life imprisonment in China.
Liu was suspended from the Communist Party last May, following allegations that he embezzled funds and received bribes when handing out contracts for China’s high-speed rail project.
Can this happen in Pakistan….? the govt is trying to introduce Chinese industrial product and services in Pakistan….first let us introduce and follow Chinese way of administratin, honesty…….
Over to Bilour who is among the group of admiring these Reds
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