Former senior officials, SOE chairmen prosecuted for bribery, embezzlement

 China's procuratorates have filed for two former senior officials and two chairmen of large state-owned enterprises to stand trial.

Ai Baojun, former vice mayor of Shanghai Municipality, will stand trial for embezzlement and accepting bribes after an investigation by Zhangzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate in southeast China's Fujian Province, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.

Pan Yiyang, former vice chairman of the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will defend himself against charges of accepting and giving bribes, the charges were put forward by the First Branch of Tianjin Municipal People's Procuratorate.

Guangzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate has initiated prosecution procedures against Song Lin, former chairman of China Resources Group, who is suspected of accepting bribes and embezzlement.

Deng Qilin, former chairman of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp.,will stand trial on charges of accepting bribes, following an investigation by Foshan Municipal People's Procuratorate in south China's Guangdong Province.

Procuratorates informed the four defendants of their litigation rights, questioned the defendants and heard the opinions of their defense teams.

source: Xinhua