Former senior Guizhou political advisor given death sentence with reprieve

Li Zaiyong, a former senior political advisor in southwest China's Guizhou Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery and abuse of power.

This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

Li, formerly the vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was found to have taken bribes worth over 432 million yuan (about 60.44 million U.S. dollars), the court said.