China sentences former Shaolin abbot to 24 years for corruption
A former abbot of the Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for corruption charges. The court found him guilty of embezzling over 131 million yuan and accepting bribes totaling 11.63 million yuan. He was also fined 3.5 million yuan. The sentencing follows a public trial where the circumstances of his bribery were deemed particularly serious. AI
