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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Chinese court hands former official rare death sentence in £250m corruption case

A Chinese court sentenced former senior official Yang Youlin to death for accepting over 2.2bn yuan (£242m) in bribes in one of the country's largest corruption cases in recent years.

The Changzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province delivered its judgment on Monday. It found Yang guilty of embezzlement, money laundering, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of power.

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