Former Chinese Police Chief Had Bribe Price List for Official Titles, Promotions

Former Chinese Police Chief Had Bribe Price List for Official Titles, Promotions
Paramilitary police officers march in Tiananmen Square after attending a ceremony marking the centennial of the May Fourth Movement, a landmark student protest against colonialism and imperialism, in Beijing on April 30, 2019. GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images
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A former police chief in Xinyang City, in China’s central Henan Province, used a detailed price list to determine how much in bribes that officials should pay him in order to gain a promotion.

Li Changgen “sold” official ranks in the local police system to at least 30 people, according to a court verdict that was recently leaked online, the contents of which were reported by many Chinese media, including the Law Court Evening News, a state-run newspaper.