3 former officials charged with graft

Three former senior officials, including Lu Wei, former deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, have been charged with bribery by prosecutors, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.

When the investigation of Lu was completed by the supervisory commission of Zhejiang province, he was transferred to the Ningbo people's procuratorate for prosecution, the SPP said in a statement. The prosecutors filed the case in Ningbo Intermediate People's Court.

According to the indictment, 58-year-old Lu took advantage of his position to gain benefits for others, and used his influence to get other officials to do the same. He then accepted large bribes, either in cash or other assets, between 2001 and 2016.