Former Deputy Head of China Mobile Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve
Zhang Chunjiang, former deputy general manager of China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers, was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve (which is often commuted to a life sentence) earlier today by a court in northern Hebei province on charges of taking bribes. The Cangzhou Intermediate People's Court found guilty of accepting 7.46 million yuan in bribes between 1994 and 2009 when he served as deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Postal Administration, general manager of China Netcom Group Corporation Limited, and deputy general manager of China Mobile. The court also stripped Zhang of his political rights for the rest of his life and confiscated his all his personal property.
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Xinhua News Agency
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Zhang Chunjiang, the former vice-chairman of the Hong Kong-listed China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve (which is often commuted to a life sentence) earlier today by a court in northern Hebei province on charges of taking bribes. The Cangzhou Intermediate People's Court found Zhang, who was also the former Communist party secretary and vice-president of China Mobile Communications, the state-owned parent of China Mobile, guilty of accepting 7.46 million yuan in bribes between 1994 and 2009. The court also stripped Zhang of his political rights for the rest of his life and confiscated his all his personal property.
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Xinhua News Agency
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