China began the trial of former senior official Sun Zhengcai on bribery charges on Thursday, a Chinese court said, the latest development in a corruption investigation into a man once considered a contender for top leadership.
BEIJING: China began the trial of former senior official Sun Zhengcai on bribery charges on Thursday, a Chinese court said, the latest development in a corruption investigation into a man once considered a contender for top leadership.
Sun, 54, was abruptly removed from his post as the ruling Communist Party’s chief of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing – one of China’s most important cities – in July, and replaced by Chen Miner, who is close to President Xi Jinping.
Chinese prosecutors in February charged Sun with accepting « huge sums » in bribes during various posts going back 15 years in Chongqing, Beijing, Jilin province, and as minister of agriculture.
