Former China Supreme Court Official Gets 12 Years for Corruption

What’s new: The former director of the Supreme People’s Court enforcement bureau has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for accepting 22.74 million yuan ($3.3 million) in bribes, according to a court statement released Tuesday.

Meng Xiang was also fined 2 million yuan and had his illegal gains confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, said the court where his case was heard in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province.