a former provincial official in eastern China was given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of corruption and bribery

a former provincial official in eastern China was given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of corruption and bribery. Cai Wenlong committed his crimes between 1998 and 2006, when he served in top posts of several state-owned companies, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was promoted to deputy head of the Anhui province commerce department in January 2007. Cai, 55, embezzled 17 million yuan ($2.5 million) for personal profit and misappropriated more than 14 million yuan ($2 million), Xinhua said, citing the Intermediate People's Court of Chaohu city. The court was also cited as saying that Cai took 3 million yuan ($440,000) in bribes and lost 300 million in state-owned assets ($44 million) in the stock market.