Official accused of taking bribes

SHANGHAI: Chen Shili, former Party secretary of Huainan, Anhui province, has been accused by the people's procuratorate of Fuyang city in the same province of taking more than 6.4 million yuan ($930,000) in bribes, Beijing-based Procuratorate Daily reported yesterday.

During Chen's tenure in Huainan he took part in illegal land transactions that involved his acceptance of massive bribes, including more than 5.2 million yuan and $10,000 in cash and properties, cars, computers and gifts worth 1.14 million yuan, the newspaper said.

Chen's case emerged in the wake of the arrest of his former secretary Wang Chuandong, an official with the local city CPC committee,