A Communist Party official in east China's Jiangxi Province went on trial in the
Intermediate People's Court in Jingdezhen City on Thursday for
allegedly accepting bribes of 6.52 million yuan (US$843,000).
Zhang Peichang, former deputy secretary of the Communist Party
Committee in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, stands accused of
taking bribes from 11 individuals and eight work units including
China Railway No. 14 Co. Ltd, when he served as deputy party chief
and vice mayor of Ganzhou, and chief director of a provincial
expressway project from 2001 to 2006.
Zhang allegedly accepted cash bribes of 2.5 million yuan,
US$117,000, and 420,000 HK dollars, as well as two luxury watches,
a gold bar and an apartment worth 1.34 million yuan. In return for
the bribes, Zhang helped the givers win construction project
bids.
Zhang was born in March 1956. He was arrested by police in
August last year.
(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2007)