tape' official Lei Zhengfu jailed for 13 years 28 June 2013 Last updated at 06:28 A Chinese ex-official at the centre of a sex tape extortion scandal has been jailed for 13 years for accepting bribes. Lei Zhengfu, formerly a senior official in China's Chongqing district, was sacked from his post after a sex tape featuring him was put online last year. He has also been fined 300,000 yuan ($48,000; £32,000). His lawyer says he may appeal, Chinese state media report. Lei was accused of accepting bribes of around 3.16m Chinese yuan ($0.51m; £0.33m). According to China's state-owned China News Service, Lei told his lawyer earlier that he would consider appealing if found guilty. The businessman who arranged the alleged trap and the woman in the video with Lei are also on trial. The blackmail scheme was exposed by a blogger and investigative journalist, Zhu Ruifeng. President Xi Jinping has made cracking down on corruption a key priority since becoming China's leader.