China's former minister of agriculture sentenced to death with reprieve

(ECNS) -- Tang Renjian, former minister of China's agriculture and rural affairs, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve at a court in Jilin Province on Sunday.

Tang was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated as supplementary punishments, according to the Changchun Intermediate People's Court in Jilin. 

Tang illegally accepted money and property, directly or through others, totaling more than 268 million yuan (about $37.6 million), the ruling said.