**A former senior police officer in China has been sentenced to death for corruption and rape.**Wen Qiang was charged with accepting vast sums of money from criminal gangs in the southern city of Chongqing in exchange for protection from the law.
He was also found guilty of rape and failing to account for his assets, says state news agency Xinhua.
Wen is the most senior official to be charged under a major corruption probe in the city.
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