Zhou Jiugeng, a former official dubbed the "Super Expensive Cigarette Director" who was sentenced on Saturday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes, is planning a novel about bureaucracy while in detention.

Zhou, from Nanjing of Jiangsu province, is unlikely to appeal but has until Oct 21 to make a decision to the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, said his attorney Jin Hui yesterday.

He said Zhou will be sent to prison at the end of this month if he decides to forego an appeal.