Chinese despot Xi Jinping jails minister for LIFE in huge crackdown on dissent ahead of Communist Party conference where he will be given third term as president
It is customary for the party to sentence high-profile officials before congress
Deputy police minister is said to have ‘seriously damaging the unity of the party’
Sun Lijun was convicted for collecting 646 million yuan ($91 million) in bribes
As well as leading a crime gang of officials, and manipulating the stock market
‘There’s no evidence of a coup in China and no reason to even slightly think there has been one,’ said Nathan Ruser, a researcher, from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute who focuses on China.
‘Xi’s decade of intense political consolidation behind him can’t be overturned by a missed meeting or a few cancelled flights.’