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Chinese court sentences former Sinopec president to 15 and half years in prison

FILE PHOTO - Sinopec Director and President Wang Tianpu attends a news conference announcing the annual results in Hong Kong April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed Wang Tianpu, the former president of Sinopec Group, for 15 and a half years for graft, state television said on Tuesday citing a court verdict.

Sinopec Group is the parent of oil major Sinopec Corp.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Randy Fabi)