Former Chinese military official given life sentence for corruption
A military court has sentenced former top Chinese army official, Guo Boxiong, to life in jail for corruption and abuse of power.
A military court official told Xinhua news agency on Monday that Guo had been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes, adding, “The amount of bribes Guo Boxiong received was especially large, and the circumstances of his crimes were especially grave.”
In addition to receiving a life sentence, Guo’s personal assets were seized. He was stripped of his rank of general and also deprived of his political rights for life.
Guo has confessed to taking bribes.
In April, Xinhua cited military prosecutors as saying in a statement that Guo was found to have taken advantage of his position "to assist the promotion and relocation of other people, accepting an extremely huge amount of bribe personally and through his family".
Guo is a retired general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He served as the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military council, between 2002 and 2012.
He retired in 2012 and was expelled from the ruling Communist Party last year.
Several notable officials have been jailed over the past three years after President Xi Jinping took office and launched an anti-fraud campaign.
In April 2015, former top security official, Zhou Yongkang, was sentenced to life in jail after being charged with bribery, abuse of power and disclosing state secrets. He played a crucial role in China’s oil industry and accumulated vast power as he became a member of the Communist Party's elite Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China’s top decision-making body.
Several of Zhou's allies were also arrested as part of the anti-corruption campaign, among them Jiang Jiemin, the former head of China's state-owned assets watchdog.
In July 2015, Ling Jihua, a senior aide to retired President Hu Jintao, was imprisoned for accepting bribes, wrongly obtaining state secrets and committing adultery. Former senior economic official, Liu Tienan, was jailed in 2014 for life for taking millions of dollars in bribes.
Former secretary of China’s Chongqing Party, Bo Xilai, also received a life in prison sentence in 2013 for fraud.
Critics say the crackdown has been carried out without any transparency, prompting concerns that Xi is gradually eliminating his political rivals.
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