Two former senior officials indicted for corruption

BEIJING - Wang Baoan, former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, and Li Chengyun, former vice governor of southwest China's Sichuan Province, have been indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced Tuesday.

Wang was indicted by prosecutors in Zhangjiakou city, Hebei Province.

According to the indictment, Wang is accused of taking advantage of his posts of assistant and vice finance minister as well as head of the NBS to seek benefits for others, and illegally accepting a huge amount of money and property either by himself or through "specially related persons."

Li was indicted by prosecutors in Liupanshui city, Guizhou Province.

He is accused of taking advantage of his posts when he worked as Party chief of Deyang city and as Sichuan's vice governor to seek benefits for others and illegally accepting a huge amount of money and property either by himself or through "specially related persons," according to the indictment.