China jails for life former senior judge for corruption

Xi Xiaoming, a former vice president of the Supreme People`s Court, was put under investigation last year. He was the number four official in the Supreme People`s Court, where he specialized in economic law cases. BEIJING A Chinese court on Thursday jailed for life a former senior judge from the country`s highest court, after finding him guilty of corruption, state media said, the latest official to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown on graft. State television said a court in the northern city of Tianjin found Xi Xiaoming guilty of accepting 115 million yuan ($16.78 million) in bribes between 1996 and 2015. He was one of the most senior judicial officials to be ousted by President Xi Jinping`s anti-corruption campaign since the downfall of Zhou Yongkang, the former domestic security chief whose brief included law enforcement and courts.