China’s military court last month handed down verdicts in the corruption cases of Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, both former Central Military Commission (CMC) members, state councilors, and defense ministers. They were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, and all personal assets were confiscated. After the reprieve, their sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole or sentence reduction.
The sentences were reportedly the harshest ever imposed on senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) generals amid Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.
