EX-AIDE TO CHINA OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH

a Chinese court handed down capital punishment to a former aide to late Vice Premier Huang Ju for taking bribes worth 12.9 million yuan ($1.9 million) from 1995-2006, a website operated by People's Daily reported. Wang Weigong, who formerly served as secretary to Huang, was sentenced by the Changchun Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jilin Province. The court said Wang's death sentence was suspended because he confessed to some of his crimes and paid back all the bribes. All his personal property was also confiscated.