Beijing
\nTang Renjian, China\u2019s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
\nTang took bribes, including cash and property worth over 268 million yuan ($37.6 million), in various positions held from 2007 to 2024, Xinhua said.
\nThe Changchun Intermediate People\u2019s Court suspended his death sentence for two years, noting he had confessed to his crimes, it added.
\nChina\u2019s Communist Party expelled Tang in November 2024, six months after he was placed under investigation by the anti-graft watchdog and removed from his post.
\nPresident Xi Jinping started a campaign of purges of China\u2019s domestic security apparatus in 2020, seeking to ensure police, prosecutors and judges are \u201cabsolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely reliable\u201d.
\nTang was governor of the western province of Gansu from 2017 to 2020 before being named minister of agriculture and rural affairs, according to official biographies.
\nIn January, Xi said corruption is the biggest threat to China\u2019s Communist Party and remains on the rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beijing Tang Renjian, China\u2019s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Tang took bribes, including cash and property worth over 268 million yuan ($37.6 million), in various positions held from 2007 to 2024, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n