Senior officials’ prosecution exposes deep ties between corruption and repression in Tibet

9 months ago

In recent days, two senior officials handpicked by the Chinese Communist Party to head the leadership in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been prosecuted for misuse of funds exposing the deep ties between corruption and repression in Tibet.

Wu Yingjie, former TAR Party Secretary and previously sanctioned by the US and Canada for human rights violations, has been convicted of corruption while serving in TAR. On July 16, Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Wu to a death sentence with a two-year reprieve.

Similarly, on July 22, 2025, Chinese state media announced that Che Dralha (Qi Zhala), a Tibetan and former head of the TAR Government, was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office for misappropriating public funds. Che and Wu were serving in Lhasa around the same time. In

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