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Former drug watchdog official jailed for corruption
By Li Qian |
July 26, 2012, Thursday
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A FORMER top official with China's drug watchdog has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars for taking bribes, fabricating charges against a superior and illegally selling a book he has written.
Zhang Jingli, former deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, asked for 1.17 million yuan (US$183,105) from drug companies and offered them priorities in the business between 2005 and 2010, the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court has heard.
The 56-year-old man gained most of money by having companies buy his book - "Shou Shi Bu Yuan," a health guide focused on traditional methods – which he was not licensed to publish and sell, the Beijing News cited the court as saying.
Zhang and Liao Hongbing, a Beijing entrepreneur, has published a total of 43,000 books, with each costing nearly 368 yuan, and raised more than 16 million yuan of illicit money from 2008 and 2010.
The court also said Zhang instructed Liao, Yang Jun and Pan Jingping, to send more than 1,300 letters to central authorities containing false accusations against Shao Mingli, director of the FDA.
Liao was sentenced to six years while Yang and Pan received jail terms of one year and eight months each.
Zhang Jingli, former deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, asked for 1.17 million yuan (US$183,105) from drug companies and offered them priorities in the business between 2005 and 2010, the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court has heard.
The 56-year-old man gained most of money by having companies buy his book - "Shou Shi Bu Yuan," a health guide focused on traditional methods – which he was not licensed to publish and sell, the Beijing News cited the court as saying.
Zhang and Liao Hongbing, a Beijing entrepreneur, has published a total of 43,000 books, with each costing nearly 368 yuan, and raised more than 16 million yuan of illicit money from 2008 and 2010.
The court also said Zhang instructed Liao, Yang Jun and Pan Jingping, to send more than 1,300 letters to central authorities containing false accusations against Shao Mingli, director of the FDA.
Liao was sentenced to six years while Yang and Pan received jail terms of one year and eight months each.
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