Six more jailed in Shanghai fund scandal

SHANGHAI: Another six high-ranking officials involved in the Shanghai social security fund scandal received punishment on Tuesday.

Qin Yu, former chief of the city's Baoshan District, was given life imprisonment by the Changchun Intermediate Court, in Northeast China's Jilin Province.

Sun Luyi, former deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison also by the Changchun court. Both men were convicted of abuse of power and accepting bribes.