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China's Xi Continues Campaign Against Security Agency Enemies

Ex justice minister, ex public security vice minister, ex senior cop get life in jail

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Sep 23, 2022
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Sun Lijun, the ringleader of a rebel clique of former senior Chinese police officials, has been imprisoned for life, along with at least two of his allies as President Xi Jinping continues his scorched-earth campaign to clean out his enemies in the public security ministry.

On September 23, the Intermediate People’s Court of Changchun sentenced former Ch…

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