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Former China statistics chief jailed for life over corruption

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Wang Baoan accepted 153 million yuan between 1994 and last year, court says
A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed for life the former head of the statistics bureau after finding him guilty of corruption, the latest official to be brought down in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s war on corruption. A court in the city of Zhangjiakou in Hebei province found Wang Baoan had illegally accepted the equivalent of more than 153 million yuan (US$22.5 million or HK$174 million) in cash and other valuables, it said in a statement on its microblog. Wang’s crimes took place between 1994 and 2016, when he held a variety of other jobs, including in the finance ministry, the court said. He confessed and repented, meaning he had been given a lighter sentence, it added. It was not possible to reach family or any of his legal representatives for comment. Wang was deputy finance minister from 2012 until April 2015, when he took up the post of statistics bureau chief.

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