Society
"Hugely corrupt" official gets death with reprieve
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-24 21:15
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CHONGQING - A former senior official found to have taken the largest amount of bribes in terms of value in Chongqing's history, was sentenced to death Wednesday with a two-year reprieve.
Liu Xinyong, former vice general-manager of the development and management company of Chongqing bonded area, was convicted of gambling, participation in a criminal gang and taking bribes.
The verdict was handed down by the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing, in southwest China.
According to the court, Liu took bribes valued at more than 31.6 million yuan (4.63 million U.S. dollars) when he was in charge of land-use rights transfer in the municipality. Since he had given back 20 million yuan to related departments and bribers before the prosecution, his sentence was lighter than it would have been.
Liu was also deprived of his political rights for life and had all of his personal assets confiscated, according to the court.
