Shanghai official sentenced to death for accepting US$5 million in bribes

2127851396_5e23a9682f_m.jpgYin Guoguan, former deputy director of the Shanghai Housing, Land and Resources Administration Bureau was sentenced to death for taking bribes in return for real estate approvals. His sentence will be suspended for two years. The IHT reports that usually these sentences are commuted to life imprisonment. His wife also got seven years imprisonment for her role in the corruption.

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