Ex-mayor given extra 7 yrs in jail

A former mayor of Fuxin, Liaoning province, who was convicted of embezzling funds and sentenced to eight years in prison in 2007, will have to spend an extra seven years behind bars.

The Pingshan People's Court increased Wang Yachen's jail sentence from eight years to 15 years after it found him guilty of new charges of embezzlement after his tenure as the mayor of Fuxin, the China Youth Daily reported yesterday.

Wang, 77, who is currently doing his time in prison, appealed to the Benxi Intermediate People's Court against the sentence, but later withdrew it, the paper said.