Former senior energy official indicted for bribery

BEIJING - Liu Baohua, former deputy head of the National Energy Administration, has been indicted on the charge of accepting bribes, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced in a statement on Friday.

Liu was accused of taking advantage of his former positions and power to seek profits for others, illegally accepting "huge amounts" of money and gifts in return, according to the SPP statement.

The National Supervisory Commission has concluded its probe into Liu's case. Following the designation of the SPP, a procuratorate in the city of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, reviewed the case and filed it in the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court.

The prosecutors had informed the defendant of his litigation rights, interrogated him and heard the opinions of his defense counsel, the SPP added.