A Chinese court sentenced Wang Lijun to 15 years in prison for bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking on September 24.

Wang, former vice mayor and police chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, received a combined punishment for all offences. The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court in southwest China's Sichuan Province delivered the verdict.

Wang stood trial on September 18 in an open court in Chengdu for bribe-taking and bending the law for selfish ends. One day before that, the Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court held a closed-door trial on Wang's two other charges of defection and abuse of power because they involved state secrets.