Former Heilongjiang vice governor sentenced to life in prison for bribery

JINAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yixin, former vice governor of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China, was on Friday sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes.

The sentence was handed down by the intermediate people's court of Heze in east China's Shandong Province.

Wang has also been deprived of his political rights for the rest of his life, all of his personal property will be confiscated and his illegal gains must be turned over to the state treasury, per the court verdict.

From 2008 to 2020, Wang took advantage of his various posts to assist others in matters such as project contracting, land development and career promotions. In exchange, he illegally accepted money and valuables worth over 129 million yuan (about 17.9 million U.S. dollars), the court said. Enditem