Chines officers gets life in prison for graft

Beijing: An official of the Chinese Communist Party was on Monday sentenced to life in prison for corruption.
Chen Jianghe, former executive deputy secretary general of the Henan Provincial Committee of the (CPC), was convicted of taking bribes, possessing large amounts of unexplained property and abuse of power, state news agency Xinhua said.
He was also found guilty of forging documents to help his lovers, family members and friends to buy nine apartments at below-market prices, saving a total of 1.93 million yuan for them, the report said.

Chen said he would file an appeal.

China last year launched a crack down on corrupt party officials.