Liu Yanping, a former intelligence official in China, was sentenced to death.
The Changchun Intermediate People’s Court in Jilin Province, when Liu held high-ranking posts as Deputy Minister of Public Security and Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of State Security from 2001-2022, “held his position to provide economic benefits to others, make business arrangements, and settle their cases illegally.” ruled that he used it.
Charged with taking bribes of 234 million yuan ($ 34.5 million) in exchange for these activities, 67-year-old Liu was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension. The former bureaucrat’s sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment if he does not commit a new crime within two years.
Liu was detained in March 2022 as part of an investigation into senior police, intelligence and judicial officials, and was expelled from the party in October 2022, following an investigation by the Communist Party’s Disciplinary Investigation Committee.
As part of the investigation, Liu allegedly was in complicity with former Deputy Minister of Public Security Sun Licun, who was accused of “creating gangs and factions in security establishments”.
Sun and former Minister of Justice Fu Cinghua, who were detained in the same investigation, and Wang Liki, the former Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Jiangsu Province, were sentenced to death with a two-year delay by the same court.
Three former police chiefs accused of complicity by forming a faction under the leadership of Sun were also sentenced to prison terms for bribery and abuse of power in cases held in different cities of Hıbey province the previous day.
Three former police chiefs accused of being part of the Sun-led faction were also sentenced to prison for bribery and abuse of power in trials in different cities of Hibey province.
Former Shanghai Police Chief Gong Daoan was sentenced to life imprisonment, former Chongqing Police Chief Ding Huilin was sentenced to 15 years, and former Shaanshi Police Chief Liu Shinyun was sentenced to 14 years. (AA)