This guy got death penalty with reprieve, which means he almost certainly wont die https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202602/28/WS69a2e9f2a310d6866eb3adfd.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence_with_reprieve
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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cringe. this guy should be fed to wolves on live tv
13,5 tons of gold
What did the wolves do to deserve the responsibility of getting rid of this guy?
I propose the humble woodchipper
Heartbreaking
Makes sense, I hate how everyone conveniently cuts out the "with reprieve" part while reporting on sentences in China, it's just fearmongering.
its not always reprieved though. they do carry it out in some cases. there are conditions to getting the commutation.
It's better this way. "Behave or else" is better than a blanket death penalty which has many problems.
The Haikou mayor
Embezzled four billion
His sentence was death
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Since the beginning
American politics
Only helps the rich
what the damn kind of metric is "23 tons of cash"
State sponsored violence, as well as every other function of the state, is always a way to mitigate class antagonisms
The state's role is not to "mitigate" or "settle disputes" or "act as referree" between classes, that's only a fiction that liberals believe about their governments. Its to act in the interest of one class against the other.
The PRC is a worker's state, which is why they harshly punish these execs found to be committing financial crimes.
who's going to be in the government if they do that
Dedicated party cadres. Corruption isn't the end of governance, just like you need to dust and clean every once in a while you need to stay vigilant against it and remove corrupt officials when found.
Ideally people who understand that it's wrong to steal and hoard billions worth of resources from their communities, it's a pretty low bar tbf
So low. Practically floor level. Somehow US politicians just keep tripping over it, though.
How much is a ton of cash worth
I'm not sure exactly but it's gotta be worth a ton
Unfortunately Chinese justice system tends to commute these to life sentences after a couple years. Same in Vietnam. Is the tactic to scare these scumbags or something?
They're essentially death sentences if the sentenced doesn't comply. They do get carried out, but not all the time.
I assume the point is to get them to cooperate and force them into a "no seriously stop doing shit, don't try to keep wielding power or doing more crimes, sit down, shut up, and do your time" position without the consequences of actually just executing them. Like in practical terms what's the difference between "they're sitting in a cell and can't keep being the ringleader of something or trading favors or whatever because if they do that's it for them" and "they're actually gone forever, but someone had to do it to them"? In the latter case you've made someone deal with killing them, and you also have no further stick to force them to not fight back as hard as they can before that point with every connection or hidden asset they may have.
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