Ex-senior official given life sentence

Du Shanxue, 60, former deputy governor of Shanxi province, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for offering and taking bribes.

The verdict was given by the Xuzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province.

According to the court, Du and his wife took more than 80 million yuan ($11.5 million) in bribes between 2003 and 2013 when he was the top official of two cities in Shanxi and deputy governor of the coal-rich province.