Former Inner Mongolia Chief Justice Pleads Guilty to Bribery

What’s new: The former chief justice of North China’s Inner Mongolia has pleaded guilty to taking more than 37 million yuan ($5.1 million) in bribes in exchange for favorable treatment in judicial cases and other help, according to a court statement.

Hu Yifeng, former president of the High People’s Court of the autonomous region, stood trial Thursday in Xinzhou, Shanxi province, where he faced charges for accepting bribes over a 23-year period.