Official charged with murdering his mistress

Zhao Liping, former police chief and senior political adviser in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has been charged with intentional homicide in connection with the death of his mistress.

Zhao, former vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Inner Mongolia Committee, has also been charged with bribery and illegally possessing firearms and explosives by the Taiyuan People's Procuratorate in Shanxi province, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.

The case has been transferred to the Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court.