Chinese official sentenced for embezzlement
June 5th, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, June 5 (IANS) A Chinese official in Henan province who bought a limousine for her husband with money she embezzled was sentenced to 12 years in jail, it was reported Tuesday.
Wang Cuiying, 47, former vice-chairman of the Puyang Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, embezzled more than 1.38 million yuan ($216,800), China Daily said.
She was then deputy chief of the financial bureau of Puyang government.
Using the money she embezzled, Wang purchased a Lexus in 2007 for her husband, the report said.
The court also found that she sold a state-owned villa for 780,000 yuan, and used the money to buy an apartment for herself in the tourism resort of Sanya.
Given the fact that Wang confessed her crime with a cooperative attitude, the court sentenced her to 12 years imprisonment and confiscated the embezzled money and assets.
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