China, life imprisonment for Sun Lijun: it is the second sentence in two days

BEIJING – The elimination of the “clique against President Xi” within weeks of the start of the Congress is now complete. After the conviction, yesterday, of the former Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua (to death, but with two years of suspension, which will therefore be commuted to life imprisonment), and of three other former police officers, the verdict against Sun Lijunbelieved to be the leader of the clique, it was only a matter of hours.