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China: Former senior political advisor Wu Yingjie to face corruption trial

Beijing, Mar 13 (UNI) Wu Yingjie, a former member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has been charged with bribe-taking, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Thursday.
Wu was also former head of the Committee on Culture, Historical Data and Studies of the CPPCC National Committee.
The third branch of the people's procuratorate of Beijing filed the case with the city's third intermediate people's court following an investigation by the National Commission of Supervision.
Prosecutors alleged that Wu abused his positions in the Xizang Autonomous Region, including serving as the region's Party chief, to secure benefits for others in exchange for an extremely large sum in bribes, according to the SPP.
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