Chinese ‘political clique’ leader Sun Lijun faces life in jail for corruption as law enforcement purge winds down


  • China
  • Sunday, 25 Sep 2022

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China’s former deputy security minister Sun Lijun, who was accused of leading a “political clique” and being disloyal to President Xi Jinping, was jailed for life on Friday.

Sun’s sentencing came after five former police chiefs who were implicated in his corruption case were jailed earlier this week, indicating that the biggest purge in China’s security apparatus over the last five years is drawing to a close.

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