A former publicity official in north China's Shanxi Province
stood trial on Friday for taking 2.36 million yuan (US$323,084) in
bribes and misappropriating more than 400,000 yuan.
Wang Yuexi, 53, took the bribes between 2001 to 2006 when he
served as the party secretary of the Huozhou City Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) and the head of the publicity
department of Linfen City, said Yangquan City Intermediate People's
Court.
It said he took advantage of his post to offer subordinates
promotions or to help people land good jobs in exchange for
money.
He had since returned 2.58 million yuan and produced important
clues that investigators didn't have. He also disclosed some other
corrupted officials, which may lead to a lighter sentence, the
court said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 29, 2007)