Two Former Chinese Defence Ministers Receive Death Sentence with Reprieve
Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, former Chinese defence ministers, have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on corruption charges, according to Xinhua. They were found guilty of bribery.
Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been sentenced to death with reprieve on corruption charges, according to Xinhua. A military court found Wei guilty of accepting bribery, while Li was deemed guilty of both accepting and offering bribes, according to a two-paragraph statement released late on Thursday afternoon by Xinhua. The statement did not specify the amount of bribes involved in the cases. Both men were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve,...