Source: China – South China Morning PostShi Yongxin, former abbot of the world-famous Shaolin Temple, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail for crimes including embezzlement and taking bribes, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Shi was also fined 3.5 million yuan (US$516,000).
A court in the Xinxiang Intermediate People’s Court in China’s central Henan province found that Shi, whose birth name is Liu Yingcheng, had embezzled more than 131 million yuan between 2003 and 2025.
Shi served as abbot of Shaolin Temple and president of the…Read More