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NW China vice mayor jailed for corruption

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-08-13 11:19

YINCHUAN - A former vice mayor in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for corruption, a local court said on Wednesday.

The Intermediate People's Court of Yinchuan City found Liu Zhonghu, former vice mayor of Zhongwei City, guilty of embezzlement and bribery.

The court found Liu took bribes worth more than 1.1 million yuan ($170,000).

It also ordered that 110,000 yuan be confiscated from Liu.

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