5 officials from Jilin investigated for taking bribes

BEIJING - Five officials in Jilin province are under investigation for allegedly taking bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on Wednesday.

The Jilin Provincial People's Procuratorate has opened a case to investigate An Dewu, former deputy general manager of FAW Group Corporation, China's leading carmaker, according to a statement from the SPP.

The other four officials under investigation are Yue Derong, former president of Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sun Yunzhi, former head of the Jilin Provincial Office of the State Administration of Taxation, Ma Jun, former director of the Changchun municipal bureau of education, and Zhong Daihe, county head of Fusong.

The statement also said local people's procuratorates had concluded their investigation of Li Xiaoping, former deputy head of the Party School of the Communist Party of China Jilin Provincial Committee, and Li Ranbin, former deputy president of Jilin Medical College.

The two officials were also probed for alleged bribe-taking. Their cases are being examined for prosecution, according to the statement.