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Ex-official in Hebei faces trial for bribery

Yang Chongyong, a former senior legislator in northern China鈥檚 Hebei Province, has been charged with bribery, the Supreme People鈥檚 Procuratorate said yesterday.

The indictment paper has been delivered to the Second Intermediate People鈥檚 Court of Tianjin Municipality.

Yang is accused of taking advantage of his former posts of a member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China of Hebei Province and vice governor of Hebei Province, to seek benefits for others and accepting 鈥渁 huge amount鈥 in bribes, according to the SPP.

Under the directive of the SPP, the People鈥檚 Procuratorate of Tianjin transferred Yang鈥檚 case to the Second People鈥檚 Procuratorate of Tianjin after completing the investigation.

The prosecutors have informed Yang of his litigation rights, interrogated him, and listened to his lawyer鈥檚 opinions, the SPP said.

Yang had been vice head of the Hebei Provincial People鈥檚 Congress Standing Committee since 2016. Prior to that, he served as vice governor of Hebei for eight years.

Investigators alleged Yang used fake identity documents for outbound trips without permission, concealed changes in his marital status, and confronted investigations, according to a statement from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published last July.

Yang also borrowed vehicles and apartments from private entrepreneurs, the statement said, adding Yang had severely violated the Party鈥檚 code of conduct and 鈥減olluted the political ecology of Hebei Province.鈥


 

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