Suspended death sentence! Tan Ruisong convicted of corruption, bribery, insider trading, and leaking insider information in the first instance judgment.

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25/03/2026
On March 25, 2026, the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, publicly sentenced Tan Ruisong, former party secretary and chairman of China Aviation Industry Corporation, for corruption, bribery, insider trading, and leaking insider information. Tan Ruisong was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for corruption and fined five million yuan; he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery, deprived of political rights for life, and all personal property confiscated; he was sentenced to six years in prison for insider trading and leaking insider information, fined, and the decision was made to execute the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, deprive him of political rights for life, and confiscate all personal property. The ill-gotten gains from Tan Ruisong's corruption were to be returned to the victimized unit, and the proceeds from bribery and interest were to be recovered according to the law, turned over to the treasury, and continued to recover the illegal gains from insider trading.