Overview
- The military court, which delivered its verdict May 7, gave Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe death sentences suspended for two years for taking bribes.
- State news agency Xinhua said the ruling cannot be appealed.
- The court stripped both men of political rights for life and ordered their assets confiscated.
- In China, a death sentence with a two-year reprieve is often converted to life in prison if no further crimes are found during that period.
- Wei served from 2018 to March 2023 and Li briefly held the post in 2023 before vanishing from public view, and both were expelled from the Communist Party in June 2024 as Xi’s anti-corruption drive unsettled the PLA’s senior ranks.