Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been sentenced to death with reprieve on corruption charges, according to Xinhua.
A military court found Wei guilty of accepting bribery, while Li was deemed guilty of both accepting and offering bribes, according to a two-paragraph statement released late on Thursday afternoon by Xinhua.
The statement did not specify the amount of bribes involved in the cases.
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Both men were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property, the statement said.
After the two-year reprieve period, their sentence would be commuted to life imprisonment without the possibility of commutation or parole, it added.
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Their sentences are the heaviest seen among senior military officers since Chinese President Xi Jinping started his anti-corruption campaign in 2012.