Vietnam jails ex-Hanoi chairman for 8 more years for power abuse

FILE PHOTO: Hanoi's Police Chief Nguyen Duc Chung is seen before the opening ceremony of Vietnam's National Assembly 2013 Spring session in Hanoi May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court jailed a former head of Hanoi's governing body for a further eight years on Monday for abuse of power, state media reported, his second conviction as part of a crackdown on graft by the ruling Communist Party.

Nguyen Duc Chung, 54, was found guilty of charges stemming from the siphoning of 36 billion dong ($1.57 million) from a public investment project, which he used to help a company owned by his family, state media said.