corruption conviction
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 in bribes. Assets worth 1 million yuan were serzed 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