man long man long born december secretary december december december arrested based case built making highest ranking official arrested history allegedly offered preference government works projects amassed assets totalling million january found guilty counts bribe taking sentenced years prison aided family members jailed years money found guilty taking bribes million received sentence years prison implicated charged offering tens millions bribes career graduation graduated bachelor degree civil engineering master business administration joined government appointed secretary portugal december arrest december arrested allegedly taking bribes having engaged irregular financial activities alleged received million bribes real estate construction companies mainland return allegedly offered preference government works projects allegedly assets earnings wife earned million official posts accumulated assets totalling million equivalent times earnings charged counts including corruption bribe taking money abuse power according article basic law removal ministers require approval citing evidence improper behaviour chief executive asked beijing remove office trial man long stood trial november facing years prison given status government secretary equivalent minister tried directly witnesses called testify open trial page indictment public media representatives petitioned release denied judge said affect witnesses thoughts testimony prosecution charged having received millions dollars contracts including dome constructed east asian games venetian chairman san engineering construction company anti corruption officers aided kept details illegal transaction received jumped bail confessed statements given office offered recommend company foreign investors exchange percent winning said paid million private projects trial witnesses including went missing allegedly set shell companies network secret bank accounts hong_kong help friends family members bribe money father brother sister law charged setting overseas bank accounts shell companies man long handle total deposits dozen hong_kong bank accounts father exceeded million december family members pleaded guilty claiming man long opened bank accounts family members sentenced prison terms decision october verdict sentencing january found guilty counts bribe taking counts money counts abuse power count incorrect declaration assets count holding assets unknown sources sentenced years prison million assets seized decided appeal concerns voiced media fall guy corruption scale place knowing involved trial hinted contacts valued excess million required approval superior government separate trial wife sentenced years jail role money family members accused counts money activities jailed years wife believed united_kingdom authorities operating hong_kong retrieve estimated million million reportedly deposited hong_kong bank accounts overseas bank accounts opened relative appeals filed motion freeze personal bank accounts grounds accounts supposedly linked corruption case actual accounts receiving salary motion denied september according verdict corruption trial money personal possessions purchased legally belonged second trial march reports emerged fresh set criminal proceedings related acts corruption investigated addition family members businessmen allegedly involved appealing convictions second trial took place final decision handed april total penalty increased years imprisonment half years trial found guilty taking bribes million implicated charged offering million bribes secure plots land near airport judge remarked officials involved corruption asia countries compare maximum jail term years according laws judge ordered serve year term concurrent existence sentence housed prison facility
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