Chinese Billionaire Gets 18 Year Prison Sentence After Allegedly Criticizing Xi Jinpingࢀ™s Handling Of COVID-19 | The Daily Caller

A wealthy Chinese businessman was sentenced to prison in China after he allegedly criticized President Xi Jinping for hiding the significance of coronavirus from the rest of the world, a court ruled Tuesday. Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real-estate tycoon who was born into the Chinese Communist Partyࢀ™s ruling class, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for embezzling $16.3 million in public funds, among other crimes that caused supposedly bled the company he once owned of $17.2 million, CNN reported . Zhiqiang ࢀœvoluntarily confessed all of his crimes,ࢀ the courtࢀ™s judges said. Zhiqiang disappeared in March after he allegedly wrote…