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BEIJING — A former prosecutor in northern China has been sentenced to death for taking bribes and embezzling funds totaling $2.66 million, a court official said Thursday.
The trial in the port of Tianjin is the latest in a series of high- profile cases as the communist government tries to crack down on systemic graft it says threatens its grip on power.
Li Baojin was convicted Wednesday of taking bribes when he was the chief prosecutor and deputy police chief in Tianjin, the official said. Li’s sentence was suspended for two years, which means the death sentence will be commuted to life in prison if he shows good behavior for the next two years.
