NANNING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — Zhu Mingguo, former head of the political advisory body in the southern province of Guangdong, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Friday for accepting bribes and holding "a huge amount" of assets from unidentified sources.

Zhu was found guilty of using his power, when he held public posts between 2002 and 2014, to seek profits for others bidding for projects and land, and aided personnel to secure promotions, according to a statement from the Liuzhou City Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

During the period, Zhu's positions included director of Chongqing public security bureau, Standing Committee member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guangdong Provincial Committee, and deputy secretary of CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee.

Zhu accepted 141 million yuan (20.7 million U.S. dollars) in assets and bribes directly or through his wife, and had property worth over 91 million yuan from unknown sources, the statement said.

All his assets from unknown sources have been confiscated, the statement added.

Furthermore, Zhao Liping, a former senior political advisor and police chief of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was sentenced to death for murder, bribery and possession of fire arms and explosives on Friday.

Zhao was also stripped of his political rights and had personal property worth two million yuan (293,535 U.S. dollars) confiscated, according to a statement from the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court in China's central Shanxi Province.