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How Much Money Have Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe Embezzled?
Former Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe were both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on May 7. After the two-year reprieve, their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment, with no possibility of reduction or parole.
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US scraps deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland
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