Former CSIC general manager Sun Bo, 58, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. Photo: Handout

12 years behind bars for corrupt former boss of Chinese warship builder CSIC

Sun Bo, who headed up the company overseeing the construction of the country’s aircraft carriers, gets lighter sentence for volunteering information about other crimes

Topic | China military

Minnie Chan

Published: 11:30pm, 4 Jul, 2019

Updated: 4:47am, 5 Jul, 2019

Former CSIC general manager Sun Bo, 58, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. Photo: Handout

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Minnie Chan

Minnie Chan is an award-winning journalist, specialising in reporting on defence and diplomacy in China. Her coverage of the US EP-3 spy plane crash with a PLA J-8 in 2001 near the South China Sea opened her door to the military world. Since then, she has had several scoops relating to China's military development. She has been at the Post since 2005 and has a master's in international public affairs from The University of Hong Kong.