Former aide to retired Chinese president jailed for lifeJASON LEE / REUTERS Ling Jihua was demoted in September 2012 from a ministerial-level job. Ling's case had presented a dilemma for the government, because of his close connection with former president Hu, President Xi Jinping's predecessor. A Chinese court has jailed for life a former senior aide to retired president Hu Jintao after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power during a secret trial. He obtained a large number of state secrets, and the crimes were very serious. "Ling Jihua took an extremely large amount of bribes.

Source: Stuff July 04, 2016 08:20 UTC