Jiang Zemin via WikipediaDisgraced Shanghai party leader Chen Liangyu has been sentenced to 18 years of prison for corruption, the BBC reports, quoting Chinese media. The court case took place behind closed doors in Tianjin. It was the highest communist official being in court for more than a decade.He was fired in September 2006 in what was believed not only a case against corruption, but also a way for current president Hu Jintao to take out key supporters of former president Jiang Zemin. Chen was known for making his own decisions, often straight against the policies of the central government.
Update: This is Xiao Shih's verdict:
Well, the Chen Liangyu verdict is out. They only indicted him for 300,000 in bribes. Frankly, I know cases of much more junior officials who have taken much, much more. Unlike the Chen Xitong case, where Chen really did not take much, Chen and his family probably took much more. They didn't investigate the case thoroughly because that would involve Huang Ju's family, so Chen only gets busted for a small slice of what he took. His family gets to keep much of what remains, socked away in a Swiss bank. I am sure his sentence will be commuted in a few years, and he will be able to live out a quiet life in the suburbs of Shanghai....such is life in the CCP!
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