Xi'an subway cable-makers sentenced to jail

Wang Zhiwei, former head of a cable-making company in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined 21.5 million yuan ($3.2 million) at a local court on Friday for multiple crimes, including bribery, and producing and selling counterfeit products.

Seven other defendants from the Shaanxi Aokai Cable Co were given sentences ranging from seven years to 12 years and three months as well as fines, according to a judgment from the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court.

The company was also ordered to pay 30.5 million yuan in fines, it said.