Zhang Zhongsheng (centre) can still appeal the sentence, and the death penalty must be approved by the supreme court in Beijing. Photo: Weibo
Zhang Zhongsheng (centre) can still appeal the sentence, and the death penalty must be approved by the supreme court in Beijing. Photo: Weibo
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Death penalty for ‘godfather’ of Chinese coal mining town over US$160 million in bribes

Zhang Zhongsheng showed ‘extreme greed’ and was handed most severe punishment for ‘big losses he caused to the nation and the people’, court rules

Jane Cai
Jane Cai

Updated: 4:22pm, 29 Mar, 2018

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Zhang Zhongsheng (centre) can still appeal the sentence, and the death penalty must be approved by the supreme court in Beijing. Photo: Weibo
Zhang Zhongsheng (centre) can still appeal the sentence, and the death penalty must be approved by the supreme court in Beijing. Photo: Weibo
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