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China's former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian was sentenced to a suspended death sentence for bribery by a court in Jilin province.
The news was reported by the state news agency Xinhua.
Tang took bribes, including cash and real estate, worth more than 268 million yuan ($37.6 million) in various positions he held from 2007 to 2024, Xinhua reported.
The Changchun court suspended his death sentence for two years, noting that he confessed to his crimes.
The Communist Party of China expelled Tang in November 2024, six months after he was the subject of an investigation by the anti-corruption commission and removed from his post.
The investigation into Tang followed similar investigations into Defense Minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe.
Tang served as governor of the western province of Gansu from 2017 to 2020 before taking on the role of minister of agriculture and rural affairs.
In January, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that corruption was the biggest threat to the Communist Party of China and that it continued to grow.
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