Chinese official gets death for corruption, another gets life

A top Chinese executive of a state-owned enterprise was today sentenced to death for swindling USD 65 million while an official of the planning body was given life sentence by courts for taking bribes as the government stepped up campaign against corruption.
Zhang Xinhua, 52, who was the general manager of the state-owned Baiyun Industrial and Agricultural Corporation in Guangzhou City, was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and embezzlement amounting to nearly USD 65 million.
In addition to the death sentence, the intermediate people's court of Guangzhou ordered the confiscation of all personal assets, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Earlier today, a former deputy head of country's top planning agency was sentenced to life in prison for accepting USD 5.8 million in bribes to clear various key projects, becoming the latest high-profile figure to be brought down by anti-corruption campaign.
Liu Tienan, former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission and former head of the National Energy Administration, was convicted of bribery by the Langfang Intermediate People's Court in China' north Hebei Province.
Liu has been stripped of his political rights for life and all personal property and wealth will be confiscated, official media reported.

The court ruled that Liu had accepted bribes of 35.58 million yuan (USD 5.8 million) from 2002 to 2012, personally or through his son Liu Decheng.

He was found guilty of abuse of power by securing profits for four companies, the court said adding that all the dirty money amassed by Liu had been returned to the state.
Hundreds of various rank officials including some of the top Generals of the Chinese military were held for corruption in the anti-graft campaign initiated by President Xi Jinping in the last one year.