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> In other news, a former CCP top government minister was just sentenced to death for corruption Maybe it's a cynical view, but I wouldn't be surprised if anti
by gtirloni 4y ago
> In other news, a former CCP top government minister was just sentenced to death for corruption
Maybe it's a cynical view, but I wouldn't be surprised if anticorruption laws were used to get rid of someone for other reasons, especially by corrupt people.
- pphysch 4y agoThat's certainly possible -- lawfare definitely happens in the West (Russiagate, anti-Corbynism and Lava Jato come to mind). But if it was simply about political maneuvering, death penalties are wasteful and severe. So that suggests that there is more to it.