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Former Chinese political advisor prosecuted for taking bribes

Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Yang Gang, a former Chinese national political advisor, has been prosecuted for taking bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced Tuesday.

The people's procuratorate of Beijing filed the case with the city's No. 3 intermediate people's court after prosecutors completed their investigation, according to an SPP statement.

Prosecutors believe Yang, former deputy head of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, took advantage of his various posts to seek profit for others and illegally accepted a huge amount of funds and property.

Yang should be charged with the crime of taking bribes.

In 2014, Yang was removed from his post and was expelled from the Communist Party of China. Endi