Ex-Hebei Party head admits accepting $5.8m in bribes

Zhou Benshun, former Party chief of Hebei province, has pleaded guilty to taking bribes of more than 40 million yuan ($5.8 million), according to a court statement issued on Wednesday. A sentence is to be handed down later.

The case was heard at the Xiamen Intermediate People's Court in Fujian province on Wednesday morning.

Between July 2000 and June 2013, he served as a leader in Hunan and Hebei provinces and on the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee.