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SCMP Reporter

Chen Liangyu
The most prominent people to be brought down by corruption since 1989 
Positions: Party secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, member of Politburo,  member of Central Committee 
Allegations: Involved in misuse of Shanghai's social  security fund, which manages more than  10 billion yuan in assets 
Jailed: 2008 
Convicted of: Fraud, abuse of power, accepting bribes 
Sentence: 18 years in prison 
Chen Xitong
Positions: Member of Politburo, mayor of Beijing 
Allegations: Embezzlement 
Jailed: 1998 
Convicted of: Corruption, dereliction of duty 
Sentence: 16 years in jail (released early in 2006)
Chau Ching-ngai (Zhou Zhengyi)
Positions: Property developer, owner of New Nongkai  Global Investments, main shareholder of  Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Land Holdings 
Allegations: Provided false information to stock market  regulators in relation to acquisition of listed  company in 2002
Jailed: 2004 (mainland) and 2007 (Hong Kong) 
Convicted of: Illegally acquiring state land and bank loans, stock market fraud;  bribery, embezzlement, and forging value-added tax invoices 
Sentence: Three years on mainland; 16 years in Hong Kong 
Lai Changxing
Positions: Businessman, head of Yuanhua Group,  member of CPPCC 
Allegations: Smuggling, tax evasion, bribery 
Convicted of: Nothing yet. Lai fled to Canada in 1999  with wife and children, and remains there 



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