Bo Xilai charged with bribery, embezzlement, power abuse

JINAN, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Bo Xilai, former party chief of Chongqing Municipality, was charged with bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, according to Jinan City People's Procuratorate in east China's Shandong Province.

The indictment paper was delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court on Thursday.

Bo, as a civil servant, took the advantage of his position to seek profits for others and accepted an "extremely large amount" of money and properties, said the indictment paper.

He also embezzled a huge amount of public money and abused his power, seriously harming the interests of the state and people, the document said.

He had committed serious crimes and will be indicted on the charges of bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, it said.

Bo had been informed of his legal rights and interviewed by prosecutors. His defending counsels also delivered their opinions, the prosecutors said.

The CPC Central Committee announced in April 2012 that it had decided to suspend Bo's membership in the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee, as he was suspected of being involved in serious discipline violations. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also filed the case for investigation.

In September, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided to expel Bo from the CPC and his public office. The bureau also decided to transfer Bo's suspected law violations and relevant evidence to judicial organs.

Bo, 64, also formerly served as mayor of the city of Dalian, governor of northeast China's Liaoning Province and China's minister of commerce.

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