BEIJING: A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a top leadership post was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption crusade. As the youngest Politburo member, Sun was even seen in some quarters as a potential successor to Xi. Xi has presided over a popular anti-graft drive since coming to power in 2012 that has punished more than one million officials. The National People’s Congress recently expanded the campaign by creating a national supervision commission that will look beyond party officials and scrutinise millions of public servants at all levels of government. All three have been ousted from the ruling Communist party (CCP) and arrested or jailed on corruption charges.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2018 03:45 UTC