He was a student activist and in March 1981 was sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking part in demonstrations against the government.

Except for the sentences announced in Jinan, no other people are known to have been sentenced yet for taking part in the democracy movement.

In 1999, Mr. Jones, a former police officer, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for taking $7,000 in payoffs.

All 11 workers to be tried so far have been sentenced to death, for taking part in violent protests.

Two Northwestern basketball players were sentenced to jail terms for taking bribes to fix a number of Big Ten games in 1995.

A federal judge sentenced a former city clerk in Chicago to two years in prison for taking thousands of dollars in bribes over six years.

On Tuesday 20 March 2012, Waylett was sentenced to two years in jail for taking part in the riots.

Mr. Brasco was sentenced to three months in jail and a $10,000 fine for taking bribes to help a company win a Post Office contract.

The city's former chief operating officer, W. Lawrence Wallace, 53, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for taking bribes.

A former president of the Laurel City Council has been sentenced to five years in prison, with two years suspended, for taking bribes.