Former governor sentenced to 16 years

Su Shulin, ex-governor of Fujian province, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for bribery and abuse of power on Thursday, according to a court in Shanghai.

Su was fined 3 million yuan ($442,000), and money he accepted in bribes was turned over to the State treasury, the judgment of Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People’s Court said.

It said Su made use of his positions, including head of Daqing Oil Field Co in Heilongjiang province, head of China Petrochemical Corp (SINOPEC) and governor of Fujian to receive payoffs of 36 million yuan to help individuals and departments get promotions and line up business operations between 1997 and 2013.

As the head of SINOPEC from 2008 to 2009, Su abused his power in purchases related to overseas projects, causing great losses to the country’s the court said.

Su committed the crimes of bribery and abuse of power, but considering that he pleaded guilty, confessed to crimes that had been unknown, and handed in his ill-gotten gains, a lenient penalty was given, the court said.

Su, 56, from Shandong province, graduated from Northeast Petroleum University in 1983, when he started his career in the oil industry. He served as Fujian governor between 2011 and 2015.

Separately, Yang Jiacai, former assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and fined 2 million yuan for taking bribes of more than 23 million yuan by a court in Puyang, Henan province, on July 19. interests,

Su Shulin