Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for life for graft

REUTERS

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed for life a former vice governor of the wealthy southern province of Guangdong for corruption after finding him guilty of bribery and abuse of power, state media said on Thursday.

 

The court in the southern city of Nanning found that Liu Zhigeng took 98 million yuan (11.20 million pounds) in bribes between 1993 and 2012 while serving in a variety of positions in Guangdong, an export powerhouse that borders Hong Kong.

 

Liu admitted his guilt and has repented, the court said, according to reports of the court's judgment carried by state television and the official People's Daily.

 

It was not possible to reach a family or legal representative for comment.

 

President Xi Jinping has embarked on a sweeping anti-corruption campaign, targeting a raft of high-ranking officials in industry and government, saying that the problem is so bad it could affect the Communist Party's grip on power.

 

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-06-01

would have got more comments if he did it in thailand.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

the problem is so bad it could affect the Communist Party's grip on power.

A rare admission for an authoritarian government.

A problem that would never threaten military's grip on power in Thailand.

In Thailand he would have just been transferred only. Would like to see the land officials responsible for issuing unlawful deeds sent to jail for 10 yr.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Liu admitted his guilt and has repented

I'm sure he did, and by doing so avoided the death penalty.  Oh, I'd love to see Chinese graft laws imposed in Thailand. But one can only dream.

He should have done a runner long time ago, but I guess he got greedy.