Corrupt Land Official Receives Life Sentence

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Corrupt Land Official Receives Life Sentence

An official in charge of land resources in east China's Zhejiang Province received a life sentence on Saturday for taking bribes and embezzling public funds.

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An official in charge of land resources in east China's Zhejiang Province received a life sentence on Saturday for taking bribes and embezzling public funds.

Court investigations show that Xu Youlai, former head of the land administration of Zhoushan, accepted over 896,000 yuan (about108,000 U.S. dollars) in bribes and pocketed over 526,000 yuan (some 63,370 U.S. dollars) of public money between 1995 and 2001.

In addition, he appropriated nearly 2 million yuan of land reclamation fees from a special treasury account to finance a private firm in 2000, which caused heavy economic losses to the state.

The Intermediate People's Court of Zhoushan also ruled on Saturday that Xu should be stripped of his political rights and all his personal property confiscated.

Xu did not appeal Saturday's court decision.

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