China has sentenced former economic development official Yang Youlin to death after he was found guilty of taking bribes worth around £240 million over a period of three decades.
Yang, who previously worked in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, was also convicted of embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, offering bribes, abusing his government office and money laundering. The case has become one of the most high-profile corruption prosecutions in China in recent years.
