Corruption conviction
Official gets 12 years
Beijing — A former senior Communist official and ally of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption on November 3, a court said.
Li Chongxi, was convicted of accepting 11 million yuan (61.8 million baht) in bribes. Assets worth 1 million yuan were seized from him, the Nanchang People’s Intermediate Court said.
Li is the latest in a long string of Zhou’s former allies to be jailed under President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption drive. — AFP