Former Guangxi senior official sentenced 15 years in prison  

廣西政協(xié)原副主席李達(dá)球受賄一審被判15年

今天，廣西壯族自治區(qū)政協(xié)原副主席李達(dá)球受賄案一審公開(kāi)宣判。法院認(rèn)定李達(dá)球犯受賄罪，判處有期徒刑15年，剝奪政治權(quán)利4年，沒(méi)收個(gè)人財(cái)產(chǎn)人民幣二百萬(wàn)元。[查看全文]

A former senior official of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes by a local court in northeast China's Jilin province on Monday.

Li Daqiu, former vice chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was also stripped of political rights for four years by the Intermediate People's Court of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin. His property, worth 2 million yuan ($326,435), was also confiscated.

The court found that from 2003 to 2013, Li used his position to benefit 17 companies and individuals, illegally accepting 10.95 million yuan in bribes from others during his tenure as the Communist Party chief of Hezhou City in Guangxi and as vice chairman of the region's political advisory body.

The court said as a state functionary, Li's conduct constituted the crime of bribery. However, he was punished with leniency for voluntarily confessing crimes the authority did not know and offering information on crimes of others.

Over 50 people, including some citizens and journalists attended the public trial on Monday.

Li was expelled from the Communist Party of China and public office for discipline violations on Sept. 4, 2013.