Ex-deputy governors, energy exec charged

A former senior official allied with disgraced security chief Zhou Yongkang stood trial on Tuesday in Tianjin for alleged corruption, one day after two other Zhou associates were found guilty of graft.

Ji Wenlin, the former deputy governor of Hainan province, was charged with taking bribes directly or making use of his former work post to benefit others, according to prosecutors.

Tianjin's No 1 People's Procuratorate accused Ji of "offering help" to multiple companies and individuals in securing State funds and applying for preferential policies from late 2000 to January 2013, when he worked for a series of government bodies, including governments in Sichuan province, in Haikou, Hainan province, and at the Ministry of Public Security.