BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese municipal official was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting more than $1 million in bribes, the official news agency reported on Thursday, highlighting the government's efforts to crackdown on graft.
Zhou Jianhua had chaired the standing committee of the People's Congress of Xinyu city in the southern province of Jiangxi, Xinhua reported, citing the Jiangxi Higher People's Court.
