Another prominent Chinese sentenced to death. He was the deputy director of the defense conglomerate

He Wenzhong, former deputy director CETC, a Chinese state conglomerate supplying an army with electronic equipment, heard on Monday a death sentence with a two -year postponement of a penalty for adopting over $ 40 million in bribes – the local media said.

The findings of the investigation show that he, using the positions held in CETC in 2006-23, adopted property benefits worth 289 million yuan, “CCTV said.

The court of first instance decided that the actions of the former deputy director caused “particularly serious losses” for the state and the nation. As soothing circumstances, justifying the postponement of the death penalty, the court mentioned, among others “Significant merits” he, including confession and disclosure of facts previously unknown to law enforcement agencies, as well as the return of most of the illegally obtained funds.

He was expelled from the ranks of the Communist Party of China (KPCH) in October 2024, after initiating the investigation into “serious violations of discipline and law.” The authorities in Beijing said that the man, “guided by greed, used his official position to benefit other people in business operations. He also had to take large sums of money illegally.”

According to Chinese law, the death penalty will be converted to a sentenced to a lifetime prison after two years, but on condition that he is not found guilty of other crimes.

CETC (China Electronics Technology Group Corporation), a state -owned company founded in 2002, specializes in electronic and IT technologies for civil and military applications.

Since coming to power in 2012, the Chinese leader XI Jinping has been conducting a strict anti -corruption campaign to civil service officials and state managers of companies. An example of these activities is the last week's death sentence for the former secretary of the CCP in the autonomous region of Tibet, against which such a penalty was imposed for accepting bribes with a total value of over 343 million yuan (about 47.78 million dollars).

Supporters of this draconian policy emphasize that the raw materials of punishment result in cleansing the elites of persons committing crimes. Opponents believe that such activities allow XI to remove potential political opponents.

From Beijing Krzysztof Pawliszak (PAP)

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