He received combined punishment for fraud and money laundering.
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PRC Criminal Law term: when one defendant has committed multiple crimes, the court determines a sentence for each, then merges them under specific rules - typically 'higher than the heaviest single sentence, lower than the sum'. Caps: surveillance ≤ 3 years, detention ≤ 1 year, fixed-term imprisonment ≤ 20 (or 25) years.
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Strictly legal/news vocabulary. 数 here is read shù (multiple), not shǔ (to count).
