 "Former Chinese legislator sentenced to death for corruption")
China sentenced a former senior legislator, Bai Enpei, to death on Ocotber 9 as President Xi Jinping continues his campaign against corrupt officials involved in grafting.
The 70-year-old legislator has been punished for taking "huge bribes" and holding excessive assets with unidentified sources.
Enpei, who was a former senior lawmaker with China's legislature and had also served as head of provincial committees of the ruling Communist Party of China in Qinghai and Yunnan, has been deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated.
He has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Thousands of officials at different levels have been punished in the three year-long anti-corruption campaign initiated by President Xi.