A journalist from China Central Television was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve for accepting a bribe in northern Shanxi province, China Daily has reported.
The Xinghualing District Court in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi, convicted Li Min of accepting 37,000 yuan ($5,400) and using her job to lobby for a suspect in a case being investigated by the Xinghualing procuratorate last October. Li's lawyer said she would not appeal the sentence.
Li, 31, is among several journalists charged recently with accepting bribes, an action that has been criticized as an attempt to hinder the work of journalists. The court proceedings were closed to the public.
It was previously reported that the bribe was a car worth about 200,000 yuan given to her by her boyfriend, who was the suspect's brother.It has not been revealed why Li was convicted of receiving a 37,000 bribe instead of a 200,000 bribe.
The reporter was arrested last December.
