A man walks out of a Sinochem office building in Beijing, China February 21, 2017. — Reuters pic
SINGAPORE, Dec 24 — A former senior executive at China's state-run Sinochem Group was sentenced today to 11-and-a-half years in prison for taking bribes, a court in eastern Shandong province said. Du Keping, a vice president at the chemicals and oil firm until April 2017, was found guilty of taking 12.66 million yuan worth of bribes, according to a statement on the Wechat account of the Shandong High People's Court.
Du was formerly head of Sinochem's fertiliser business and president of Sinochem Hongkong Holdings Co Ltd.
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