Lai, formerly of
The Chinese court also ordered Lai to turn over his illicit gains to the state treasury and decreed that all his personal properties be confiscated.
Prosecutors said Lai leveraged his position over a decade-long span between 2008 and 2018 to "assist certain organizations and individuals with financing, project contracting, business operations and job promotion or transfer" in exchange for the kickbacks.
His actions constituted "a great loss" to the interests of the state and the people, the government said.
Lai's sentence is one of the most severe penalties handed out yet in Chinese President
Zhao Zhengyong, a senior
Zhao was found guilty of using his position to amass bribes in exchange for building contracts and other favors during the construction of an illegal resort in the
Xi launched an anti-corruption campaign at the beginning of his term of office, but critics of the policy, including former Taiwanese President
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