Coal Projects: Wei Pengyuan

coal projects: The court in the northern city of Baoding handed Wei a death sentence, suspended for two years, which in practice means he will spend life in jail and not be eligible for parole or early release, Xinhua said, according to The Japan Times. Wei abused his position to approve coal projects and took 212 million yuan in bribes, the report said, citing the court judgment. Wei Pengyuan had been deputy director of the coal department at the National Energy Administration until he was put under investigation in 2014, with officials saying at the time the cash found was the largest stash ever in a graft case. Wei Pengyuan had a vast amount of assets which obviously exceeded his legal income, and could not explain its source, Xinhua said. Liu Tienan, who had been head of the energy administration, was jailed for life in 2014 after being caught up in his own bribery scandal. It was not possible to reach relatives or legal representatives of Wei for comment. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.