Former Chinese official sentenced to death in US$323 million bribery case

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A Chinese court sentenced former municipal official Yang Youlin to death for bribery and other financial crimes, involving over 2.2 billion yuan (~US$323.8 million). This case represents one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years in China.

A court in eastern China has handed down a rare death sentence to a former municipal official convicted of taking more than 2.2 billion yuan (US$323.8 million) in bribes, marking one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years. Yang Youlin, who once served as executive deputy director of the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone management committee, was found guilty of bribery, embezzlement, misappropriating public funds, abuse of power and money laundering....