BEIJING • A former Politburo member who was once seen as a contender for China’s top leadership has been charged with bribery, the country’s top prosecutor has said..
BEIJING • A former Politburo member who was once seen as a contender for China’s top leadership has been charged with bribery, the country’s top prosecutor has said.
Sun Zhengcai, former party chief of the south-western mega-city Chongqing, „should be held criminally responsible“ for „seeking benefits for others“ and „illegally accepting huge sums of money,“ according to a statement on the website of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate yesterday.
Sun was charged with bribery for „illegally accepting a huge amount of assets from others“ during various posts going back 15 years in Chongqing, Beijing, and Jilin province, and as Minister of Agriculture, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing prosecutors.
The agency has transferred Sun’s case to the first branch of the Tianjin People’s Procuratorate to complete proceedings, it said.
