CHINA-LEADERSHIP: ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN FELLS VICE MINISTER OF MoSS

China officially announced (December 27) that after four years in detention, Ma Jian, former Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of State Security and head of China’s counter-espionage operations, was tried on December 27,  at Dalian Intermediate Court where he was fined 50.5 million yuan. The court also ordered the confiscation of all of Ma’s personal property and demanded the return of his ill-gotten gains. The report said Ma Jian had confessed to the charges and said he would not appeal. The crimes for which he was convicted spanned a 15-year period between 1999 and 2014, during which time he accepted bribes totalling 109 million yuan in return for using his influence to benefit various associates.





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