A high-ranking official in China...Xi Jinping's Cold Purge [Now News]

In China, the number of high-ranking officials executed in the 21st century has reportedly increased to at least 22.

Economic media Caixin reported on the 18th local time that at least 24 high-ranking officials were sentenced to death in the first trial and 22 were finally executed this century based on their own tally.

Hu Changqing, former vice president of Jiangxi Province, is the first high-ranking official to be executed since 2000.

In February 2000, a Chinese court convicted him of accepting a bribe of 5.44 million yuan (about 1 billion won), offering 80,000 yuan (about 16 million won), and failing to clarify the source of his wealth of 1.61 million yuan (about 320 million won).

He was executed in March of that year after his appeal was dismissed.

Most of the 22 executed officials were accused of accepting bribes or accumulating large amounts of wealth of unknown origin.

A number of researchers in China have explained that since 2012, when China moved from the "Hujin Tao era" to the "Xi Jinping era," China has rarely executed bribery offenders immediately, and most criminals who meet execution standards have been given suspended sentences.

In particular, former secretary Li Zhenping was recorded as the largest corruption offender ever, as he was charged with embezzlement of 1.43 billion yuan (about 280 billion won) of state funds using his position, bribery of 577 million yuan (about 110 billion won), and misappropriation of public funds of 1.055 billion yuan (about 280 billion won).

China has continued its anti-corruption purge of high-ranking government officials in recent years under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.



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