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A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years.

Yang Youlin, who served in various positions in Nanjing city from 1993 to 2023, was also convicted of embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering, with his ill-gotten gains amounting to one of the highest in recent years.

The 69-year-old exploited his roles to help others secure engineering contracts, land transfers and financing, in exchange for money and valuables, said state media.

Yang was investigated as part of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown which has cut through military ranks and high-level banking, among other sectors.

Yang, who spent much of his career working on economic and technological development in Nanjing, had committed offences "of an extremely serious nature" and "caused exceptionally heavy losses to the interests of the state and the people", a court in Changzhou city said on Monday.

Since coming to power, President Xi has launched waves of anti-corruption drives, which critics say have also been used as a tool to purge political rivals.

Death sentences for white collar crimes however remain rare, though they are meted out occasionally, typically if the cases involve large sums exceeding 1bn yuan.

For instance, former finance chief Lai Xiaomin was executed in 2021 for taking 1.8bn yuan in bribes over a 10-year period.

Li Jianping, a former Inner Mongolia official, was executed in 2024 for embezzling and taking bribes totaling more than 3bn yuan.

In many other cases, the courts handed out jail terms or suspended death sentences, which get commuted to life imprisonment after a specified duration.

The courts have also reduced sentences in some cases where the convicted individuals reported on other offenders.

But while Yang provided similar assistance to authorities, his offences were so "grave" that his assistance "was insufficient to warrant a more lenient punishment", the Changzhou court said.

Yang pleaded guilty and "expressed remorse in his final statement", according to state media.

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This is the best remedy to corruption.....it will be good to use this model for Nigerian politicians and public office holders....

Yaya Bello and Gbaja the creator of a fake DG deserve this

In a normal country like China, most of the palliative sharers will not be with us.

iwaeda:
In a normal country like China, most of the palliative sharers will not be with us.

bro I go lie for you

But in Nigeria, thieves in government are rewarded with protection and more opportunities to steal. The reason Nigeria is the way it is today is because of stealing and corruption in government.
Currently a certain Chief Of Staff Thief Of Staff is trending, and the government of the day is running around to give him a soft landing, rather than dismissal and prosecution.

Tinubu would have been long decayed if he was Chinese

In my country here the presidency will pampare you and give you a juicy appointment for stealing the common wealth of the masses.

He took bribes, but cannot bribe his way out of the judiciary. $325m is no joke bro. Wtf

Thousands of Nigerian politicians would be resting in pieces if we had such law. One day, monkey 🐒 will go to market..... 😀

Nlfpmod, FG, would have been there.

That’s a country that is serious but for our dear country,you automatically clarify for the national assembly

I just hope this can be reciprocated in this country.

A country where corruption has consequences. In Nigeria, those accused of corruption often end up holding the highest offices

when are we going to have something like dis in 9ja ? I pray China happen to Nigeria, Amen.

If dis happen in Naija .. 10% of the population will not remain..

Nigerian politicians can never relate to this piece of news.

If to say Nigeria de like China, Tinubu, Akpabio and 99.9% of our Nigerian politicians for don kpai since.

Same way Thief nubu and Gbaja should be confined to Hades.

rickpat:
This is the best remedy to corruption.....it will be good to use this model for Nigerian politicians and public office holders....

This is npt about fighting corruption. This is about Xi eliminating any opposition

Why dey no pardon him?
He can appeal

THIS HAPPENING IN NIGERIA IS A DREAM THAT CAN NEVER COME TRUE...!!

CORRUPTION WEAR US CLOTH INSIDE THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD.

It's time Efcc adopt this method and abolish plea bargaining, by now we go know how many of us remain

Nanjing my fomer city then in China especially doing the youth olympics. The man was doing alot of developments but China no wan still hear bribe. Forgive the old man joor then come take yeye bello & atiku to replace him

Corrupt looting nigerian politicians and their sympathisers will avoid this thread like a plague..

While such criminals contest for election and win in Nigeria

rickpat:
This is the best remedy to corruption.....it will be good to use this model for Nigerian politicians and public office holders....

No Nigerian senator or house of rep. member go support death sentence for Nigeria.
The one wey don thief and others wey dey warm up to thief, no go ever support am.

China don’t joke, when caught you are gone!

This is what made China great today. They have zero tolerance for corruption. We have been asking our criminal minded leaders to do same in Nigeria but nay. They can't make the same laws that will likely indite and nail them tomorrow.

rickpat:
This is the best remedy to corruption.....it will be good to use this model for Nigerian politicians and public office holders....

Na it be say you want all politicians in Nigeria dead be that

China don't tolerate crimes at all