CX Daily: Record River of Graft Leads to Death Penalty for One-Time Water Official

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Li Jianping was found guilty of pocketing this massive sum in September 2022 and sentenced to death for corruption, bribery, embezzlement, and engaging in organized crime　

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Cover Story: Record river of graft leads to death penalty for one-time water official

In a nation of superlatives when it comes to the scale of just about everything, now one former official in North China’s Inner Mongolia can add his dubious achievement to the list: a staggering 3 billion yuan ($420 million) in misappropriated funds and accepted bribes, the biggest haul from graft by an individual in the country’s history, according to Caixin calculations based on publicly available information.