Former Party official jailed for taking bribes in China

A former Party official of a city in central China's Henan Province has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking bribes, a court statement said on Sunday. Zhang Yinghuan, 49, former member of the Standing Committee of the Sanmenxia City Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was convicted of taking huge sums of bribes, according to the statement issued by Xuchang Intermediate People's Court. Zhang accepted bribes of over 7 million yuan (about 1.15 million U.S. dollars), including 5.85 million yuan and 30,000 U.S. dollars in cash, as well as a property worth 1.45 million yuan, when he served as deputy secretary of the CPC's Hubin District Committee in Sanmenxia, secretary of the CPC's Yima City Committee and deputy mayor of Sanmenxia, the statement said. The court handed down a 14-year jail term to Zhang. Most of the bribes have been turned in by Zhang's family members, according to the statement. Zhang said after the ruling that he would not appeal.