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1st LD-Writethru: SW China official under graft probe

Xinhua, July 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Li Wei, former vice mayor of Mianyang city in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is being investigated for alleged bribe-taking, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Wednesday.

Li, also a former standing committee member of Mianyang's municipal Party committee, has been put under "coercive measures", the SPP said in a Wednesday statement on its website.

"Coercive measures", according to the Criminal Procedure Law, include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest. The SPP did not specify what measures had been taken. Endi