BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed for life a former vice governor of the wealthy southern province of Guangdong for corruption after finding him guilty of bribery and abuse of power, state media said on Thursday.
The court in the southern city of Nanning found that Liu Zhigeng took 98 million yuan (11.20 million pounds) in bribes between 1993 and 2012 while serving in a variety of positions in Guangdong, an export powerhouse that borders Hong Kong.
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