Prosecutors indict former Politburo member Ma Xingrui for bribery of particularly large amounts; case filed in Yichang Intermediate Court. | China Day chinaday.news
Xinhua (about 10:00 on 5 November) reported that the Supreme People's Procuratorate said the bribery case against Ma Xingrui—former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and former deputy head of the Leading Group for Rural Affairs—had been concluded by the National Supervisory Commission and transferred for prosecution. The SPP decided to arrest him on suspicion of bribery and designated the Yichang People's Procuratorate in Hubei to handle the case; that office has filed an indictment with the Yichang Intermediate People's Court. Prosecutors allege Ma used positions including Party leadership and general manager roles at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Guangdong Party deputy secretary and Shenzhen Party secretary, Guangdong governor, and Politburo member, as well as influence from those posts, to seek benefits for others and accept bribes of particularly large amounts. People's Daily Online, The Paper and China News Service carried the same readout; Xinhua English posted a brief about 10:02. Reuters via Yahoo News and others said he was indicted for using government and aerospace-contractor posts to 'seek benefits' and take 'particularly large amounts' of bribes, noting his Party expulsion was confirmed in last week's Fifth Plenum communique among 33 officials. AP also reported Yichang prosecutors accusing him of 'exceptionally large' bribes. Lianhe Zaobao covered the indictment the same day. Ma's expulsion had already been logged with the Fifth Plenum review reports (Issue No. 4); today's node is the formal criminal indictment.
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