The former deputy mayor of south China's Haikou City, Li Jie, was sentenced to 11 years for accepting bribes of nine million yuan (about 1.3 million U.S.dollars), the local procuratorate said on Thursday.
The Second Intermediate People's Court of Hainan ruled on Thursday that Li was convicted of the crime for accepting nine million yuan and two gold bricks worth about 20,000 yuan from eight institutions and 23 people over 11 years.
The court also fined him 1.6 million yuan.
