A Chinese real estate mogul who once called President Xi Jinping a “clown” and criticized his government for controlling the coronavirus epidemic, a Beijing court announced Tuesday.
The sentence was issued after Ren Ziqiang, a former chairman of the state’s Huayuan Group, was expelled from the Communist Party in June. He disappeared from public view after publishing the essay online online in March, accusing Xi of accusing Wuhan of the outbreak that began in December.
In a comment spread on social media, Ren ટી criticized a video conference with 170,000 officers held at the beginning of the February 23 epidemic, at which Shea issued orders to respond to the disease.
Chinese real estate mogul Ren Ziqiang spoke at a press reception in Shanghai in 2010 for his book on the Chinese property market. (AP / Chinatopics)
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Ren did not mention Sheena’s name but said, “Standing bho there was no emperor showing his new clothes but a clown who stripped him of his clothes and insisted on becoming emperor.”
Ren also criticized the propaganda that showed Xi and other leaders saved China from the coronavirus, where it originated, and possible errors, including suppressing information at the beginning of the outbreak.
“People didn’t see any criticism at the conference. According to a copy published by the website China Digital Times in California, Ren wrote that he could not investigate the truth. “No one has reviewed or taken responsibility. But they are trying to cover the truth with all kinds of great achievements. ”
Zee, the party’s leader since 2012, has suppressed criticism, tightened censorship and cracked down on unofficial organizations. Dozens of journalists, labor and human rights activists and others have been imprisoned during his tenure.
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court announced on its social media account that Ren, 69, was convicted on Tuesday of corruption, bribery, embezzlement of public funds and abuse of power. He was telling Ren that he would not appeal.
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Bloomberg reports that the court is claiming that Ren took 19 19 million in bribes between 2003 and 2017 and incurred financial losses of about 17 17 million to undisclosed state government companies.
But some of Ren’s supporters are skeptical of the allegations, saying there was no audit when he left the Huauan Group in 2011.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
