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Jiangxi

Ex-adviser gets 13 years for graft

Si Xinliang, former deputy head of the provincial political advisory body in Zhejiang province, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery on Tuesday, a court in Jiangxi province said. Si abused his position and accepted bribes worth more than 19.55 million yuan ($2.8 million) from 2001 to 2014, according to the Jiujiang Intermediate People's Court. The court said that Si was handed a lenient punishment as he pleaded guilty and turned over his illicit money.