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China Sentences Official to Death Over $325 Million in Bribes (www.bloomberg.com)
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[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

In known recent ⁠corruption cases, the death sentence has been applied when sums exceeding 1 billion yuan ($147.24 million) were involved. In 2024, Li Jianping, an official in the Inner Mongolia region, was executed ⁠after being found guilty in a case involving more than 3 billion yuan.

(From Reuters, Bloomberg is paywalled).

America, any billionaires around?

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2026
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