Former senior officials facing action over alleged graft

Lyu Xiwen, a former Beijing deputy Party chief, has been placed "under coercive measures", a term that usually means detention, and is the subject of a bribery investigation, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.

Lyu was accused of abusing her power to gain benefits for others and accepting huge bribes from them, the country's top prosecuting agency said in a statement.

On Jan 5, Lyu was expelled from the Party and removed from her post for serious discipline violations. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-graft watchdog, said she violated political discipline, breached the central authority's major policies and formed cliques to resist the Party's discipline inspection.