Senior political advisor of Shanxi indicted

BEIJING -- Wu Cunrong, former chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has been indicted for suspected bribery, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Wednesday.

Wu is accused of taking advantage of the various posts he formerly held in the provinces of Anhui and Shanxi, as well as Chongqing municipality, to seek benefits for others, while illegally accepting an "extremely huge" amounts of money and valuables in return.

Upon the SPP's designation, a procuratorate in Beijing filed the prosecution after investigations by the National Commission of Supervision. The case has been filed at the Beijing second intermediate people's court.