US EditionFormer Chinese Justice Minister Handed Life Sentence for Corruption
Tang Yijun accepted over 137 million yuan in bribes from 2006 to 2022 and was deprived of political rights and assets for life, court said.
- On Feb 1, the Xiamen Intermediate People's Court sentenced Tang Yijun, former justice minister, to life imprisonment for accepting over 137 million yuan in bribes, CCTV reported.
- Court records show Tang Yijun illegally accepted property worth more than 137 million yuan between 2006 and 2022 and abused his position to secure benefits in company listings, land buybacks, bank loans and case handling.
- The court found his actions met the legal standard for bribery, ruling the sums were `particularly huge` and caused `particularly serious losses` to the interests of the state and the people.
- The sentence included lifelong deprivation of political rights and confiscation of all personal property, and he was expelled from the Communist Party after the probe.
- The sentence comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping presses ahead with a sweeping anti-corruption campaign, with probes into Wang Xiangxi, Minister of Emergency Management, and General Zhang Youxia in recent weeks.
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Judgment still determines the loss of vitality of the political rights of Tang, the confiscation of all its personal property and the delivery of the assets illegally acquired to the State Treasurer.
A Chinese court has sentenced Tang Yujin, former Minister of Justice, to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes worth up to 620 million baht over a period of more than 16 years.
Ex-China minister handed life sentence
A court in China said on Monday it had sentenced a former justice minister to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes totalling almost $20m over more than a decade. Tang Yijun, 64, was China's justice minister from 2020 to 2023 and held various other positions during his career. Tang abused "the advantages associated with the positions he successively held" to "obtain benefits for various entities and individuals" between 200…
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