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Almost five years after Evergrande triggered a property crisis in China, its disgraced founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison.

The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court has sentenced Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China’s Evergrande real estate group, to life in prison Thursday for large-scale fraud

A Chinese court ordered all of Hui Ka Yan's personal property confiscated.