A top Chinese military general was on Monday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the first conviction of about 40 high-level army officials currently under investigation as part of President Xi Jinping’s high-profile campaign against graft.
Gu Junshan, former deputy head of the General logistics Department of the Chinese People’s liberation Army (PlA), was found guilty of embezzlement, accepting bribes, misuse of state funds, bribery and abuse of power, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
He has been deprived of his political rights for life and had all his personal assets confiscated. Gu was also stripped of his rank of lieutenant general, and all the illicit funds and materials involved will be confiscated, the statement said, adding that the military procuratorate had added the charge of bribery during the trial, it said.