SHANGHAI: A former top official with state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) was sentenced to 12 years for corruption Thursday, the latest prison term meted out to one-time allies of the country’s jailed ex-security chief.
Liao Yongyuan, the former CNPC general manager, was also fined 1.5 million yuan ($220,000) for taking bribes and being unable to explain his wealth, according to a statement by a court in the city of Dezhou in Shandong province where he was tried.
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