Former Tibet lawmaker accused of taking bribes, abusing power

China's top procuratorate said on Friday that it has approved the arrest of Ji Guogang, a former senior legislator in Tibet, on suspicion of accepting bribes and abusing of power as a State-owned company employee.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate announced the decision on its official website, saying that the case involving Ji, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Congress, the region's top legislature, is still being investigated.

Ji, 60, was placed under investigation after being accused of seriously violating Party discipline and the law in November 2022. Last month, he was expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office.

The native of Jilin province started his career in 1983 and joined the Party the following year.

Ji served as vice-chairman of Tibet's legislature in January 2016. He also previously served as director of the regional development and reform commission and had worked at the National Development and Reform Commission.