NANCHANG, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Zhisong, former secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Pudong New Area District Committee in east China's Shanghai, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes.

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The Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang City in east China's Jiangxi Province also ordered the deprivation of Zhu's political rights for life and the confiscation of all his personal property.

From 2003 to 2024, Zhu took advantage of his official positions to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as business operations, project contracting, and loan financing. In return, he illegally accepted money and property totaling more than 139 million yuan (about 20.5 million U.S. dollars), according to the verdict.

Zhu's bribery amount was particularly huge, and his conduct caused especially significant losses to the interests of the state and the people, for which his crimes warranted the death penalty in principle, the court said.

However, Zhu truthfully confessed his crimes after being taken into custody, voluntarily disclosed criminal facts not yet known to the supervisory authorities, admitted his guilt and showed remorse, and actively returned illicit proceeds. The vast majority of the bribes he received had been recovered. The court thus imposed a lenient sentence on him, the court said.