Former Nanjing Official Sentenced to Death for Bribery

Beijing. Former executive deputy director of the Nanjing Development Zone Administrative Committee in China's eastern Jiangsu province, Yang Youlin, was sentenced to death on Monday on charges of bribery.The Intermediate People's Court of Changzhou City, Jiangsu, also ordered Yang to be deprived of political rights for life and his property to be confiscated.According to the court's verdict, Yang was found guilty of corruption, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of power, and money laundering.According to the court, from 1993 to 2023, Yang, while holding various positions in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu, illegally assisted institutions and individuals in engineering contracts, business...