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Jump to full article: AP, 2003-09-07
Author: CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer
Intro: The son of a former Chinese governor and five others have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for corruption, state media reported Sunday.
Li Bo, the son of former Yunnan province Gov. Li Jiating, was given the heaviest sentence by the Kunming Municipal Intermediate Court on Friday, newspapers reported. Beginning in 1996, Li Bo allegedly collected more than $1.8 million in bribes and kickbacks involving contracts for tobacco and gasoline, the Beijing Morning Post said. . . .
Also sentenced were a Hong Kong tobacco trader who received four years and the former head of the provincial branch of the state-owned Industrial Bank of China, who received a one-year suspended sentence for paying Li Jiating gratuities in return for his appointment.
Yunnan, in China's southwest, is one of China's least developed regions, although its tobacco crop and tourist industry are major sources of government revenue.
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