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1st Ld-Writethru: Former senior provincial legislator expelled from CPC

Xinhua, May 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Lu Wucheng, a former senior legislator in northwest China's Gansu Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office following an internal graft investigation.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), Lu was found to have accepted monetary gifts and taken part in business activities, something which officials are banned from doing according to Party rules.

He also took advantage of his post to seek profits for others in cadre selection and business operations and accepted huge bribes, the statement said. Bribery is a crime under Chinese law.

The CCDI announced on Jan. 23 that it was investigating Lu, a former deputy head of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress, for graft.

He continued in his violations even after the 18th CPC National Congress in late 2012, when the new leadership launched the anti-corruption campaign, the statement said.

It added that the gains earned from his disciplinary violations will be confiscated.

Also on Friday, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced it has filed a case against Lu for alleged bribe-taking and taken "coercive measures" against him, which, according to the Criminal Procedure Law, may include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest.

Investigations are under way, according to prosecutors. Endi