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Nham disappeared in March, shortly after publishing an article believed to be critical of the way China is fighting the Covid-19 epidemic.
A former real estate mogul, who often criticizes Chinese President Xi Jinping, has just been sentenced to 18 years on corruption charges.
The Beijing court said Ren Zhiqiang “committed crimes of corruption, bribery and embezzlement,” reported the Hoan Cau Times.
He will also have to pay a fine of 4.2 million yuan ($ 620,000).
Nham disappeared in March, shortly after publishing an article allegedly criticizing President Xi Jinping.
Although not by name, the article is believed to refer to the Chinese leader.
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court said Ren accepted a bribe worth 1.25 million and embezzled nearly 50 million yuan.
It is said that he voluntarily pleaded guilty to all charges and will not appeal.
The former president of the real estate company Hua Yuan Property Company is not just a tycoon.
The son of a ministerial-level official, he is known to have close ties with top Communist Party leaders and is in a position to make his criticisms of the Communist Party very powerful. costume.
Human rights groups have always assumed that China uses corruption allegations to crack down on dissidents.
The “Anti-Communist Party”
Ren’s article, which contains a fierce criticism of Beijing’s handling of the corona virus epidemic, came after President Xi Jinping’s televised speech.
Not directly mentioning Mr. Xi in the article, but according to the China Digital Times report, he wrote: “I am also very curious and very serious about the speech … what I see … [đó là] It is not that the emperor was there in ‘new clothes’, but that a clown undressed, undressed and insisted that he was emperor. “
Immediately after the article was published, it was reported that Mr. Nham had been investigated for “alleged serious violations of principle”.
Beijing later announced that he was expelled from the Communist Party.
This is not the first time that Mr. Nham has had problems with the authorities.
In 2016, China closed its microblogging accounts after it criticized President Xi Jinping.
He then wrote on Weibo that state media used taxpayer money and therefore should serve the people instead of the Communist Party.
The content of this article was later strongly criticized by the state media, and there were newspapers that described it as “anti-communist” ideology.
