Ex-official pleads guilty to graft; another jailed, 1 charged
By Zhang Yi | China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-28 08:12
Ai Wenli, a former senior political adviser, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province to charges of taking bribes of more than 64 million yuan ($9.3 million).
The Suzhou people's procuratorate charged that Ai, 63, former vice-chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, accepted cash and property from others directly or indirectly totaling 64.7 million yuan from 2006 to 2014, the court said in a statement.
Between 2005 and 2013, he used his positions to benefit others in matters including enterprise restructuring, project development and work arrangements, the statement said.
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