BEIJING: A Chinese official branded “Brother Watch” because of his expensive taste in timepieces was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption, lamenting his fall into the “abyss of crime,” reports said.

Yang Dacai first came under scrutiny from Chinese Internet users after he was pictured grinning broadly as he assessed the twisted wreckage of a bus and a methanol tanker following an accident, which left 36 people dead last year.

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