Former official jailed for graft

The former Party chief of Kunming has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, a court in Lincang announced on Friday. Gao Jinsong was found guilty of accepting 11.9 million yuan ($1.7 million) in bribes between 2000 and 2015 in return for loans, contracts and promotions for others, according to the Lincang Intermediate People’s Court.