Liquor firm boss on corruption charge

Suzhou prosecutors have charged the former head of one of China's largest liquor producers with corruption, the Procuratorate Daily said yesterday.

Wang Xiaojin, 59, the former chairman of the Gujing Group in Anhui province was put under investigation in April last year for alleged corruption and formally charged on Monday, the official newspaper of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.

Investigations showed that Wang took bribes totaling about 10 million yuan ($1.46 million) from advertising agencies, liquor companies and other firms in return for offering preferential treatment, the Suzhou procuratorate said.