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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by palmotea on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:01PM (#48821290)
> But, are these sort of things just examples of selective prosecution? Would the inner circle members of CCP leadership realistically face the same prosecution and sentencing, if they were to be caught doing the same?

> thus celebration that at least something got done

Is it really something to celebrate if:

1. Someone got sentenced to death because they lost some internal power struggle, and bribery was falsely used as the public reason?

2. The guy's getting killed as a scapegoat, or because he pissed off his superiors by not sharing more of his bribes, etc.?

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by vkou on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:19PM (#48822386)
#1 is a net-better outcome for everyone else than doing nothing.
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by palmotea on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @01:05AM (#48827742)
> #1 is a net-better outcome for everyone else than doing nothing.

You kill some corrupt guy, just to replace him with another corrupt guy who's in the leader's good-graces. How is that "a net-better outcome for everyone else"?

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by vkou on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @10:17AM (#48832298)
Another possibility exists - the new one might well be less corrupt.

Given that this one took nearly half a billion, it is, in fact, quite likely.

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