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One of China's top anti-corruption chiefs is charged with accepting £51 million in bribes
2021-08-28
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Dong Hong was a senior figure in China's top anti-corruption watchdog

  • The former aide of Vice-President Wang Qishan is accused of accepting millions

  • Prosecutors say he has accepted around £51 million over two decades

  • A Chinese lawyer familiar with corruption cases said he will likely face life imprisonment or a suspended death sentence

  • Lai Xiaomin, the ex-chairman of one of China's state-controlled asset management firms, was executed in January for taking over a billion yuan in bribes
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  He was examining corruption firsthand. On the job training.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-08-28 20:41  

#2  The great purge is starting to devour the purgers.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-08-28 19:20  

#1  The mountains are high, and the Emperor is far away. -- old Chinese saying

He used to be Dong Hong, but now he is Long Gone. I'm guessing the problem was not so much the bribes, but that he got greedy and was not sufficiently wetting the right beaks.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-08-28 16:38  

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