China Corruption Blotter (January 8, 2014)


Song Wei, former general manager of Chongqing Liangjiang Water Co Ltd, a subsidiary of state-owned Chongqing Water Group Co Ltd, was sentenced to 13 years in jail for awarding private contractors environmental projects in exchange for bribes worth $641,245. Song pled guilty to his crimes and hence received a lenient sentence. http://news.xinhuanet.com