Liu Shiyu, the chairman of China's securities regulator, made the claims during the 19th national congress of China, the country's biggest political event held once every five years. In return for the bribes, Sun and his associates allegedly provided assistance to unspecified organizations and individuals with engineering contracts, business operations and other matters, the court said.Įxperts say announced figures in corruption cases are often only a fraction of the real amounts involved, part of an effort by the party to avoid stirring public outrage.ĭespite Sun's conviction on criminal charges, Chinese leaders and party-run media have made it clear that Sun's offenses were largely political in nature.Īt a party meeting last year, a senior official stated that Sun and other senior figures prosecuted in Xi's anti-corruption crackdown were ' conspiring openly to usurp party leadership.'
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1 Intermediate People's Court, which imposed his sentence less than one month after the trial opened in a relatively swift resolution of the case.
Sun pleaded guilty to the charges and expressed repentance, according to Tianjin's No. Sun had been elevated to the party's elite 25-member Politburo and was the party chief in the mega-city of Chongqing before suddenly being removed last July.Ĭhongqing is one of the four municipalities in China - alongside Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin - and is an industrial metropolis in the south-west of the country.
In this March 13, 2017, file photo, the then-party secretary of Chongqing, Sun Zhengcai, attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)Ĭhina's state broadcaster CCTV showed Sun in court accepting the sentence and stating that he would not appeal.
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