Qiu He, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Yunnan Province, was sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison for accepting bribes totaling over 24 million yuan (around 3.46 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday.

Personal assets worth 2 million yuan held by Qiu, former deputy chief of the CPC's Yunnan Provincial Committee, were confiscated, according to a statement from Guiyang City Intermediate People's Court in Guizhou Province.

His ill-gotten gains must be turned over to the state, the court ruled.

Qiu was found guilty of taking advantage of his positions, once as the CPC chief of Kunming, capital city of Yunnan, to seek profits for others in project development, acquiring bank loans and job transfers between 2008 and 2015, it said.

He accepted bribes worth about 24.34 million yuan either by himself or via his staff.

The court issued a lesser punishment as Qiu admitted his crimes and voluntarily turned over his illicit gains.

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