The Changchun Intermediate People’s Court in northeastern Jilin Province said the defendant took advantage of his position and authority to make profits in third-party business, legal cases and official positions.
He also accepted money and gifts worth 117 million yuan (US$17.3 million) directly or through his relatives, according to procurators.
In addition to serving as Minister of Justice, Fu has held the positions of director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau and deputy head of Public Security.
Alongside its case, China has begun prosecuting numerous officials of various ranks for corruption offenses in recent months.
Last June, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reported that from its 18th Congress in 2012 to April this year, it had investigated and punished around five million people for activities related to this scourge.
Of these, 644,000 people were fined for violating party and government codes of conduct, while 74,000 voluntarily surrendered to the disciplinary authorities.
When Xi Jinping took over the presidency of China and leadership of the communist organization in 2012, he wanted to consolidate the country’s position as a power, but internally, one of the tasks he placed most emphasis on was cleaning up the PCCh and the government of his worst enemy : corruption.
Since then, she has launched an unprecedented campaign aimed at exposing, from the grassroots to the highest levels, those who engage in wrongdoing that for years has tarnished the political organization’s standing in the eyes of citizens.
The well-known battle over “tiger hunting” and “flying” brought millions of officials to justice accused of practices such as bribery, abuse of power, illicit enrichment, embezzlement, violating codes of ethics related to spending and other violations.
Such crimes are punishable by several years’ imprisonment, life imprisonment and the maximum penalty.
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