China has sentenced the country's former internet czar and top censor to 14 years in prison, after he was found guilty of corruption, a court statement says
Beijing China has sentenced the country's former internet czar and top censor to 14 years in prison, after he was found guilty of corruption, a court statement said Tuesday.
Lu Wei, who once headed the country's powerful cyberspace administration, had accepted bribes worth more than 32 million yuan from 2002 to 2017, according to the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court in eastern China.Lu, 59, was charged in July 2018. He said he would not appeal the verdict. Lu's sudden fall from power began two years earlier, in mid-2016, when he left his position at the Cyberspace Administration. At that time, some speculated Lu was destined for even higher office.
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