3 ex-officials prosecuted

Three former vice-ministerial level officials are being prosecuted on bribery charges, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced on Monday.

The officials are Wei Minzhou, 62, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi People's Congress; Liu Shanqiao, 62, former vice-chairman of the Hubei Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Chen Xu, 65, former chief prosecutor of Shanghai Municipal people's procuratorate.

Wei was charged by the Chenzhou People's Procuratorate in Hunan province. The procuratorate sent the case to the Chenzhou Intermediate People's Court. A hearing will be set later.