BEIJING: China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence on Monday for his role in a huge corruption scandal, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Liu, 60, was convicted of bribery and abuse of power by the No 2 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing. Under Chinese law suspended death sentences are normally commuted to life imprisonment.
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