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04-19-2017, 03:43 PM
BEIJING: A court in **rthern China on Tuesday jailed for 20 years a former senior provincial government official who bribed a **w disgraced former aide to retired president Hu Jintao, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The court in Tianjin found that Pan Yiyang abused his positions as vice gover**r of the **rthern region of Inner Mongolia and Communist Party boss of Ganzhou in the eastern province of Jiangxi and took bribes, the agency said.
Between 2000 and 2013, Xinhua said, Pan "many times" offered bribes totalling 7.6 million yuan ($1.10 million) to Ling Jihua, a close aide to former president Hu, who retired in 2013, to be succeeded by President Xi Jinping.
Ling was jailed for life last year after being found guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, at a secret trial, where his wife testified against him. The Tianjin court found that Pan had cooperated in the investigation against him, admitted his guilt and had repented, meaning he was given a lighter sentence, Xinhua added.
It was **t possible to reach a legal, or family, representative of Pan for comment. Courts are controlled by the party and generally do **t challenge party accusations of corruption against senior former officials.
Xi has launched a sweeping war against deep-seated corruption since taking ****** more than four years ago, warning, like others before him, that the problem is so bad it could affect the party’s grip on power. Dozens of senior officials have been jailed, including the feared former state security chief, Zhou Yongkang.
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Monday some of his cabinet ministers are likely to resign after being placed under investigation in a massive corruption probe, as he seeks to draw a line under a scandal threatening his sweeping fiscal reforms. Last week a Supreme Court justice opened investigations into eight ministers - nearly a third of Temer’s cabinet - after they were accused of wrongdoing by executives of engineering group Odebrecht SA in plea bargain testimonies.
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The court in Tianjin found that Pan Yiyang abused his positions as vice gover**r of the **rthern region of Inner Mongolia and Communist Party boss of Ganzhou in the eastern province of Jiangxi and took bribes, the agency said.
Between 2000 and 2013, Xinhua said, Pan "many times" offered bribes totalling 7.6 million yuan ($1.10 million) to Ling Jihua, a close aide to former president Hu, who retired in 2013, to be succeeded by President Xi Jinping.
Ling was jailed for life last year after being found guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, at a secret trial, where his wife testified against him. The Tianjin court found that Pan had cooperated in the investigation against him, admitted his guilt and had repented, meaning he was given a lighter sentence, Xinhua added.
It was **t possible to reach a legal, or family, representative of Pan for comment. Courts are controlled by the party and generally do **t challenge party accusations of corruption against senior former officials.
Xi has launched a sweeping war against deep-seated corruption since taking ****** more than four years ago, warning, like others before him, that the problem is so bad it could affect the party’s grip on power. Dozens of senior officials have been jailed, including the feared former state security chief, Zhou Yongkang.
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Monday some of his cabinet ministers are likely to resign after being placed under investigation in a massive corruption probe, as he seeks to draw a line under a scandal threatening his sweeping fiscal reforms. Last week a Supreme Court justice opened investigations into eight ministers - nearly a third of Temer’s cabinet - after they were accused of wrongdoing by executives of engineering group Odebrecht SA in plea bargain testimonies.
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