NANNING, May 19 – Han Yong, a former senior political adviser of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Monday for bribe-taking.
Han, a former chairperson of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and a former vice director of the Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of the CPPCC National Committee, was found to have illegally accepted bribes worth more than 261 million yuan (about 36.3 million U.S. dollars) over a 30-year period.
The case was heard by a court in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Han was also stripped of his political rights for life, all of his personal property will be confiscated, and all his illegal gains must be recovered and turned over to the state treasury, the court sentence read.
The court found that Han had taken advantage of his various positions in Jilin, Xinjiang and Shaanxi to seek benefits for others in matters such as business operation, project contracting and official appointments, illegally accepting money and gifts in return.
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