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Lu Wei fell from power over corruption in 2017 and was sentenced to 14 years in 2019

2017.11.21 ·Reported ·Importance III ·Sources 2 ·China

In 2017, Lu Wei, head of the Cyberspace Administration of China known as the "internet czar," fell from power over corruption, and in 2019 he was sentenced to 14 years, a longer term than many of the big-name internet influencers he had arrested while in office.