1st LD-Writethru: Former Bank of China chairman handed death sentence with reprieve

JINAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Liu Liange, former chairman of Bank of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribe-taking and illegal issuing of loans.

He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan (about 16.8 million U.S. dollars), according to a court in the city of Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.

Liu was deprived of political rights for life, all of