BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Former senior Chinese official Ma Xingrui has been indicted on charges of accepting bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced on Thursday.
Ma formerly served as a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and deputy head of the Leading Group for Rural Affairs of the CPC Central Committee.
Ma is accused of taking advantage of a series of his previous positions and the favorable conditions arising from his authority or position to seek benefits for others and illegally accept extremely large amounts of money and valuables in return, according to the indictment.
The SPP has ordered Ma's arrest on suspicion of taking bribes and designated the People's Procuratorate of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province to handle the case.
In July, an official statement announced that Ma had been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office for serious violations of Party discipline and the law following an earlier investigation. ■
