A former official who accepted bribes was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Shaoshan city people's court in Central China's Hunan province, Legal Daily reported on Monday.

Guo Guanghui, former director of the city's tourism bureau, got 1.01 million yuan ($165,000) from bribes and illegal accepting and soliciting from 2007 to 2010. Guo was arrested on May 3.

Guo was also fined 100,000 yuan.