Yang Youlin
Coverage of Yang Youlin in the Nexus archive.
- The man who stole a golf course
Li Peiying, who managed Beijing’s international airport and a golf club, embezzled millions of dollars in airport funds to enrich the golf course, leading to his execution in 2009. Under Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, Yang Youlin, a Nanjing official, was sentenced to death for accepting $325 million in bribes, highlighting persistent corruption in China’s economic sectors.
- China sentences former local official to death in $324m corruption case
China sentenced an ex-official in Nanjing to death for a $324 million corruption case. The court stated the official accepted bribes in exchange for business favors.
- Former city official sentenced to death in China for taking $325 million in bribes over 3 decades
A former economic development official in Nanjing was sentenced to death for accepting $325 million in bribes from 1993 to 2023. The court also convicted him of embezzlement, offering bribes, and other charges as part of China's anti-corruption campaign.
- A Chinese court hands former local official a death sentence in $325M bribery case
A Chinese court sentenced former economic development official Yang Youlin to death for accepting $325 million in bribes over three decades. The case, part of China’s anti-corruption campaign, involved charges including embezzlement, money laundering, and abuse of power.
- Former Chinese official sentenced to death in US$323 million bribery case
A former municipal official in China was sentenced to death for accepting over 2.2 billion yuan (US$323.8 million) in bribes, convicted of bribery, embezzlement, misappropriating public funds, abuse of power, and money laundering. The case marks one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years.