Zhou Yongkang sentenced to life in prison

China’s former senior official Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, abusing power and deliberately disclosing state secrets. Tianjin Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court heard his case on May 22. As it involved disclosure of state secrets, Zhou’s trial was not open to the public. Zhou was convicted of taking bribes worth about 130 million yuan, or 21.3 million U.S. dollars. SOUNDBITE (CHINESE): DING XUEJUN, Presiding judge Defendant Zhou Yongkang is convicted of taking bribes. He is sentenced to life in prison, deprived of his political rights for life and his personal assets confiscated. He is convicted of abusing power and gets a seven-year term in prison. He is convicted of deliberately disclosing state secrets and is sentenced to four years in prison. The court decides to implement a sentence of life imprisonment, and punishments of deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of personal assets. If you r