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Former Chinese official, who fled abroad, gets life sentence for corruption

SHANGRAO CITY,  China (Reuters) — Chinese courts have jailed two former officials for corruption who had fled abroad to try and avoid justice, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Monday. China has vowed to pursue an overseas search dubbed Operation “Fox Hunt” for corrupt officials and business executives, and their assets, part of President Xi Jinping’s war on deep-seated corruption. In a short statement, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection named the two […]