A Beijing court on Tuesday convicted Ren of multiple charges, including embezzlement, bribery, and abuse of public funds, amounting to a total of .2 17.2 million (116.7 million yuan). Owned property company of which he was once chairman.
Judges sentenced him to 18 years in prison and fined him 6 620,000 (4.2 million yuan). The court said he “voluntarily confessed to all his crimes” and “is ready to accept the court’s verdict after receiving all his illegal benefits.”
Ren’s conviction and heavy sentence are designed to send a message to other members of the Chinese elite that no public criticism or disregard for Klein will be tolerated, as Beijing continues to take action over the fall of the epidemic and Washington faces intense international pressure from Washington. Others.
‘The Cannon’
Born in the ruling class of the Communist Party, Ren, a year-old, often clarified Chinese politics, much more than was generally recognized in a dictatorial state.
His clarity earned him the nickname “The Canon” on Chinese social media.
“I did not see any emperor there show off his ‘new clothes’, but a clown who stripped him of his clothes and insisted on continuing to be emperor,” Ren said in a group video conference across the country. Addressed 1,000 officers. Epidemic control measures on 23 February.
The essay accused the Communist Party of putting its own interests above the safety of the Chinese people, to protect its rule.
“Without the media representing the public interest by publishing real facts, people’s lives are being ruined by both a virus and a major disease of the system,” Ren allegedly wrote.
This is not the first time Ren has liked the Chinese leadership to speak his mind.
In 2016, after social media questioned Xi’s demands, he was disciplined that the Chinese state media should remain fully loyal to the party. He was placed on a one-year probation for party membership and his wildly popular account was shut down on platforms like China’s Twitter, Weibo.
There is no other chance for Ren this time though. If he does his full sentence, it will be in the late 80s until he is released.
CNN’s James Griffiths, Nectar Song and Ben Westcott contributed to the reporting.
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