BEIJING – Another Chinese businesswoman involved in the corruption case of former railway minister, Liu Zhijun was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a local court in Beijing on Wednesday.
According to a verdict by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, Hou Junxia was convicted of illegal business operations.
The court also confiscated 80 million Yuan (12.9 million dollars) of Hou’s personal property.
On Tuesday, her mother, Ding Yuxin, better known as Ding Shumiao, received a 20-year jail term for bribery and illegal business operations.
Ding, the main power broker in railway minister’s case, also was fined 2.5 billion Yuan and had 20 million Yuan in personal property confiscated.
Ding, together with several others, including her daughter, helped 23 railway construction contractors win bids for 57 railway projects between 2007 and 2010.
The illegal commission fee amounted to over 3 billion Yuan (484 million dollars), the court found.
Report says Liu himself was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery and abuse of power on July 8, 2013. (Xinhua/NAN)
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