Corrupt provincial party official jailed for 12 years

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Corrupt provincial party official jailed for 12 years

Chai Wangqun, former head of the publicity department of Yunnan Province in southwest China, was sentenced 12 years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of taking bribes.

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Chai Wangqun, former head of the publicity department of Yunnan Province in southwest China, was sentenced 12 years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of taking bribes.

The Intermediate People's Court of Kunming found that from 1992 to 1996, when Chai was serving in the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), he accepted 1.26 million yuan(17,370 US dollars) in various currencies, an apartment and two watches in exchange for illegal qualification promotion of a Shenyang-based company.

Chai was head of the Publicity Department of the CPC ProvincialCommittee of Yunnan Province before he was arrested in August 2002.He was also fined 100,000 yuan (12,200 US dollars).

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