Official dubbed ‘Bulldozer Mayor’ over infamous demolition policy jailed for corruption
Former mayor of Nanjing, who had a reputation for grand construction projects, took bribes worth 11 million yuan from 'circle of friends'
The former mayor of Nanjing, Ji Jianye - known as "Mayor Bulldozer" due to his penchant for construction projects - has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking more than 11 million yuan (HK$14 million) in bribes.
The sentence was handed down in the Yantai Intermediate People's Court in Shandong province yesterday. It follows the court's confiscation of two million yuan worth of Ji's personal assets when the hearing concluded in January.
The Yantai court had heard testimonies and evidence showing Ji received 11.32 million yuan in bribes between 1999 and 2012.
Ji had received gifts and cash from a trusted circle of friends that he had built up more than two decades ago.
The circle comprised seven people, most of whom had worked for Ji, and contributed 90 per cent of the bribes Ji received.
The Procuratorate Daily identified one of these as Xu Dongming .