A former journalist has been detained in the southern island province of Hainan for making "insulting comments" about Chinese soldiers portrayed in a blockbuster movie about the Korean war. Police in the Jiyang district of Sanya identified the.
A former deputy director of National Energy Administration (NEA) on trial for taking bribes has pleaded not guilty because he says the charges are based on a false confession that was extracted via torture and intimidation, according to a person who attended the closed-door trial.Xu Yongsheng, whose one-day trial was held in the Beijing No.
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Police stand guard outside the Intermediate People’s Court after disgraced politician Bo Xilai arrived for his sentencing in Jinan, Shandong province on September 22, 2013.
Does the Punishment Fit the Corruption?
Revised Criminal Law Could Lead to More Consistent Sentencing
October 27, 2015
By Li Zizhen, a Caixin staff reporter. This article was first published by Caixin.
After Chen Bokui, the deputy head of a government advisory body in the central province of Hubei, was convicted of taking 2.8 million yuan in bribes by a court in the eastern province of Fujian in April, he received a somewhat stiff sentence 17 years in prison considering the amount involved and the punishments other officials who have taken less money have received.