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China jails ruling party member for life over graft
Sun Zhengcai, the former Communist Party boss of the southwestern city of Chongqing, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in China over graft.
The former Communist Party boss had admitted in April to an intermediate court in the city of Tianjin that he had taken bribes of more than 170 million yuan ($27 million).
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“After the judgement was announced, Sun Zhengcai told the court he admitted his guilt, expressed repentance, accepted the decision, and said he would not appeal,” the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the Tianjin court.
Sun is the latest former senior official taken down in President Xi Jinping’s ongoing war on corruption.
Recall that Sun, 54, was abruptly removed in July from his post as party chief of Chongqing, one of China’s most important cities and was replaced by Chen Miner, who is close to Xi.
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