XI'AN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Li Pengxin, former deputy secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for accepting bribes.

Li was deprived of political rights for life, all of his personal property will be confiscated, and all his illegal gains must be recovered and turned over to the state treasury, per a verdict by the intermediate people's court of Baoji in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The court established that from 1999 to 2023, Li took advantage of his various posts in Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang to assist others in matters such as mineral development, business operations, and personnel appointments.

In exchange, he illegally accepted money and valuables worth over 822 million yuan (about 114 million U.S. dollars), said the court. Enditem

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