Former Chinese Internet Chief Sentenced to 14 Years for Corruption

Former Chinese Internet Chief Sentenced to 14 Years for Corruption
Lu Wei, head of Cyberspace Administration of China, attends a news conference in Beijing on Dec. 9, 2015. Reuters
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BEIJING—A Chinese court on March 26 jailed the former chief internet regulator, Lu Wei, for 14 years, having found the once influential official guilty of taking bribes worth almost $5 million.

Lu, one of numerous senior officials caught up in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-graft campaign, had already been expelled from the ruling Communist Party, which tightly controls the courts.