China sentences former official to death in $324 million corruption case

A Chinese court has sentenced former Nanjing official Yang Youlin to death for accepting over 2.2 billion yuan ($324 million) in bribes from 1993 to 2023. Yang was found guilty of various crimes, including embezzlement and money laundering, as part of President Xi Jinping’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign. His assets will be seized, and efforts will be made to recover the bribe amounts. Yang is the latest official to face severe penalties in China’s crackdown on corruption.

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