India, July 7 -- A Chinese court has sentenced a former government official to death on corruption charges after finding him guilty of accepting more than 2.21 billion yuan, or almost $325 million in bribes over a decade, reports said on Tuesday. The ex-official is accused of accepting bribes over a three decade period and the probe against him was conducted under President Xi Jinping's anti-graft crackdown.

According to state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), Yang Youlin, the former vice director of an economic zone in the eastern city of Nanjing, accepted the bribes between 2013 and 2023.

In addition to bribery, Yang was found guilty of embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering, CCTV reported, citing the Changzhou I...