BEIJING: A court in China said on Monday (Feb 2) it had sentenced a former justice minister to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes totalling almost US$20 million over more than a decade. Tang Yijun, 64, was China's justice minister from 2020 to 2023 and held various other positions during his career, including governor of Liaoning province and head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the city of Ningbo. President Xi Jinping has waged a sweeping anti-corruption purge