Chinese government has sentenced an influential business man and critic of President Xi Jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption.
Ren Zhiqiang, a businessman and former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group, was also fined 4.2m yuan, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court said on Tuesday.
The court verdict said the 69-year-old “voluntarily and truthfully confessed his crime”, and would not appeal the court’s decision, The Guardian reports.
Ren, an influential critic of the Chinese Communist party suggested president Xi Jinping was a “clown” over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, was put under investigation in April for “serious violations of discipline and the law”
The court verdict said the 69-year-old “voluntarily and truthfully confessed his crime”, and would not appeal the court’s decision, The Guardian reports.
Ren, an influential critic of the Chinese Communist party suggested president Xi Jinping was a “clown” over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, was put under investigation in April for “serious violations of discipline and the law”
Nawa o! This is tyranny of the highest order
ReplyDeleteThat is what you get from communism and tyranny
ReplyDeleteMake Naija better start to find how to pay their debt to this chinese people ooo cause e no go funny if Naija no fit pay and they take over investments
ReplyDeleteThey are jailing their people for corruption but they are busy corrupting African leaders by luring them with loans. It's well.
ReplyDeleteCorruption is a no go area in China but in naija it's the way of life. 🦋
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