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Sun Zhengcai Given Life Sentence for Corruption

Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member once seen as a likely contender for a leadership post as high as the premiership, was delivered a life sentence for corruption this week, becoming the most recent “tiger” to be imprisoned amid Xi Jinping’s ongoing anti-corruption drive. Sun was placed under investigation and removed from his post as Party Secretary of Chongqing last July, expelled from the CCP in September, and formally indicted in February.