Former vice president of China Development bank sentenced to 12 years for bribery


CHANGCHUN (Xinhua): Wang Yongsheng, former vice president of China Development Bank, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for accepting bribes, according to a verdict handed down by a court in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Monday.

Wang was also fined 2 million yuan (about US$281,762), and his illegal gains will be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, according to the verdict.

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