Beijing, Dec. 17, 2024 – China on Tuesday executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totalling to over USD 421 million.
The death sentence of Li, former secretary of the ruling Communist Party working committee of the Hohhot economic and technological development zone, was initially issued in September 2022 and upheld on appeal in August 2024.
Tuesday’s execution followed the approval of the Supreme People’s Court and was carried out by a court in Inner Mongolia, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Li, 64 was found guilty by an intermediate court earlier of embezzling a staggering three billion yuan (over USD 421 million) in illegal gains, the largest sum involved in a single corruption case in China’s history, according to earlier reports in the Chinese official media. (China Express)
