A former deputy security chief for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, China Judgements Online, the court document website, said on Monday.

Xie Hui accepted about 42.28 million yuan ($6.4 million) in bribes, ignored his duty, had property worth about 49.78 million yuan from unclear sources, and caused economic losses of 127 million yuan, the judgment said.

Urumqi Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xie and confiscated property worth 4.5 million yuan on Nov 6.

Some 221 people from Xinjiang's justice and prison systems paid Xie about 8 million yuan in return for promotions or job transfers during his time as deputy head of the region’s Public Security Bureau, the judgment said.