Wang Zhaoyao, former deputy secretary of the Provincial
Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of east China's Anhui Province, went on trial on
Wednesday.
He stands accused of graft amounting to over 7 million yuan
(US$893,000) and mishandling property worth more than 8 million
yuan (US$1.02 million).
Wang also used his position for nepotism, promoting his wife and
her brothers to senior positions in local government
departments.
The Jinan Intermediate People's Court started the trial at 8:30
AM in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province. The prosecution accused
Wang on more than 40 counts of wrongdoing and the trial should last
all day.
Wang, 62, had served as secretary of the Suxian and Fuyang
prefecture level CPC committees, before being deputy governor of
Anhui and deputy secretary of the Anhui Provincial CPC
Committee.
He was a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC),
but was expelled from the national legislative body in August 2005
for serious breaches of discipline.
(Xinhua News Agency November 29, 2006)