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Corrupt Mayor Could Face Firing Squad After Being Convicted for Taking RM659 Million in Bribes

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This Chinese Mayor Is Likely To Be Executed by Firing Squad For Taking RM659 Million of Bribes - WORLD OF BUZZ
Source: Quora / Shanghaiist

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For many years, corruption has plagued China and hindered the country’s economic development, a problem so prominent that President Xi Jinping pledged to crack down on corruption in 2013. One of the most drastic moves he introduced was to sentence “extremely dirty” politicians and public servants to death, and Zhang Zhongsheng was one of them.

According to Shanghaiist, Zhang used to be the vice mayor of a poor town called Luliang in Shanxi province, China. Instead of focusing on boosting the local economy, he abused his power as the second most authoritative person in the town to ask for bribes from business owners.

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Source: Shanghaiist

For 16 years, he was in charge of granting approvals and licences to new coal projects, mergers and acquisitions. Without check and balance in the administration, Zhang received $159 million (approx. RM659 million) from 1997 to 2013, which certainly doesn’t match the salary of a public servant.

His colossal fortune put him on the government’s radar and Zhang was brought in for investigation in 2014. Four years later, Zhang was slapped with 18 charges, and two of them involved bribes exceeding 200 million Yuan (approx. RM122 million). He even took the initiative to demand 88 million Yuan (approx. RM53 million) from others in exchange for his services.

His heinous crime was described by the court as “extremely greedy” and caused “huge losses to the country and its people”. As such, he was sentenced to death in March 2018. Before he can appear in front of the firing squad however, China’s Supreme People’s Court must first give its approval, and he is now waiting for the final say from the supreme court.

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Source: Shanghaiist

Do you think this law should be implemented in Malaysia since we’re no strangers to corruption? Tell us what you think in the comments! 

 

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