China has handed down the most significant corruption sentence in more than five years in a case seen as a test of how far the new leadership will go in fighting graft.
Liu Zhijun, former railway minister, was yesterday given a suspended death sentence for bribery and abuse of power, state media said.
Mr Liu was removed from the railway ministry more than two years ago under the government of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, who retired in March, but the ruling comes as Mr Hu’s successor, President Xi Jinping, has made an anti-corruption campaign a cornerstone of his rule.
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