Former Guangzhou Party chief gets life sentence

Wan Qingliang, former secretary of the Guangzhou committee of the Communist Party of China, in Guangdong province, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for accepting bribes.

Wan has been stripped of his political rights for life, with all his personal property and wealth confiscated, according to the ruling by the Intermediate People's Court of Nanning in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The court found that Wan sought profits for others by taking advantage of his posts and accepted bribes totaling over 111 million yuan ($16.5 million) from 2000 to 2014.