An official in east China's Anhui Province has been jailed for 11 years for taking bribes and abusing power to help a forced demolition that led to the house owner taking poison in protest and entering an irreversible coma.

Cao Yingzhang, vice head of Yingzhou District in Fuyang City, received the term on Monday. The court confiscated 100,000 yuan (US$14,650) he received in bribes from property developers.