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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member,once tipped as potential successor to Xi Jinping, jailed for life for accepting bribes

A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday May 08,2018, the latest senior cadre to fall in Xi's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.

Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was found guilty of taking more than 170 million yuan ($26.7 million) in bribes, the First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin said in a statement on its website.

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