Chinese minister used ‘seafood’ as code for bribes and took £10m delivered in lunchboxes

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'Every time he came, he said he’s bringing ‘a little seafood’, then I knew what was going on.' 🦐🐙🐟

Sun Lijun was the vice minister of Public Security till 2020 and was one of the senior-most officials in charge of the police forces in China

A former senior Chinese security minister has confessed to accepting more than 90m yuan in bribes and to using “seafood” as code for exchanging money.Central Television, Sun Lijun, the vice-minister of public security until 2020, said he used to receive cash four to five times a year, disguised in a little “small seafood boxes”.

Mr Sun said he used to receive money and bank deposit cards from Wang Li-ke, a former deputy head of the eastern-central coastal province Jiangsu. Mr Wang was later appointed police chief in the province, which is known for producing crab and fish. “He [Wang] came to Beijing about four or five times a year, and each time he gave me $300,000 [around £219,300] in a small seafood box. Every time he came, he said he’s bringing ‘a little seafood’, then I knew what was going on,” Mr Sun said, according toHe was expelled from the Communist Party and stripped of his titles last September.

 

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