City’s Former Top Graft-Buster Handed Suspended Death Sentence for Graft
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Long Xiang, a senior Nanjing official who once led the city’s battle against corruption, stands before the court as its verdict is passed down. Photo: CCTV
A former anti-graft chief in the eastern city of Nanjing has received a suspended death sentence after being convicted of a raft of charges, including bribery, embezzlement and insider trading.
A court in Central China’s Hubei province handed down the sentence Tuesday after determining that Long Xiang had amassed more than 261 million yuan ($38.7 million) in bribes over 16 years.
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