Former Chinese state oil boss convicted of corruption

Two senior Chinese officials – one who led the country’s biggest oil company and the other a deputy party chief in populous Sichuan province – have been convicted of corruption and sentenced to 16 and 13 years in prison respectively.

Jiang Jiemin, former chairman of the state-run China National Petroleum Corporation, accepted 14 million yuan in bribes and failed to explain the source of another 15 million yuan, Hanjiang Intermediate People’s Court in central China said.