|
 |
|
(FILE) |
Xiang Huaizhu, former Deputy Director of the Economic Crimes Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, was sentenced on July 23 to 12 years' imprisonment for accepting bribes.
The Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court also ruled Xiang's 1 million yuan ($147,000) in personal assets be confiscated.
Prosecutors accused Xiang of accepting money and gifts worth more than 2 million yuan ($294,000) from 2005 to 2008. Part of the bribery came from Huang Guangyu, former Chairman of Gome Electrical Appliances. Huang was sentenced to 14 years in prison in May after being convicted of illegal business dealings, insider trading and corporate bribery.
Xiang, 46, also accepted bribes when he worked in Shandong Province.
Xiang's wife, Li Shanjuan, received a 1-year-and-seven-month sentence. She worked in the Audit Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security before she was arrested. Prosecutors accused her of accepting more than 170,000 yuan ($25,000) in bribes. | 
