A court in China jailed a former
senior official at one of the country's business regulators for
18 years on Friday for corruption, state news agency Xinhua
said.
Sun Hongzhi was a deputy head of the State Administration
for Industry and Commerce. He was expelled from the ruling
Communist Party in 2015.
The court in Shandong province found Sun guilty of
corruption, saying he abused his power while holding a series of
offices between 2002 and 2014, Xinhua said.
All his assets had been confiscated, including a tiger and a
leopard pelt, it added.
Sun confessed his guilt and repented, meaning he got a
lighter sentence, Xinhua said.
It was not possible to reach a legal or family
representative for comment.
Since assuming office more than four years ago, President Xi
Jinping has waged war on deep-seated graft, warning, like others
before him, that the problem is so bad it could affect the
party's grip on power.
Dozens of senior figures have been jailed for corruption and
abusing their positions, including a once powerful domestic
security chief, Zhou Yongkang
