SHANGHAI, Feb. 3 (Chinese media) -- A court in Shanghai, China's leading
industrial center, on Tuesday sentenced a district head to life imprisonment for
taking bribes.
Kang Huijun, 52, former deputy head of Shanghai's Pudong New Area District,
was charged with taking more than 5.9 million yuan (about 862,410 U.S. dollars)
in bribes and having 12.11 million yuan without lawful sources, according to the
No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai.
Kang was the director of the district's economic and trade bureau and
general manager of the state-owned Shanghai Lujiazui (Group) Co. Ltd. before he
took the post of the deputy district head in 2004, the court said.
He took advantage of his posts to seek private gains for others, including
his secretary surnamed He, in return for bribes.
Wang Xiaoqin, Kang's wife, was sentenced to five years for taking 880,000
yuan in bribes with Kang. The court also ordered the confiscation of 600,000
yuan of her personal property.
The couple were found to own more than 30 million yuan of property, of
which 18 million yuan was illegal and would be recovered, the court said.
Kang has not decided whether to appeal the sentence, said his lawyer Wang
Rong.
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