Former national political advisor indicted for bribery

Liu Yuejin, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has been indicted for bribery, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.

Liu previously also served as the head of the narcotics control bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and a deputy director of the China National Narcotic Control Commission.

The people's procuratorate of Fuzhou, Fujian province, has filed a public prosecution with the intermediate people's court of Fuzhou.

Liu has been accused of taking advantage of his various posts to seek benefits for others and illegally accepting a huge amount of money and gifts in return.

When being expelled from the Communist Party of China in September, the country's top anti-graft watchdogs said that Liu was disloyal to the Party and dishonest, and he resisted the investigation conducted by the Party organizations.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission also found that he violated regulations by frequenting private clubs and accepting banquet invitations there, and he failed to provide truthful explanations during their inquiries.

He also accepted gifts, retained classified documents without authorization, and took advantage of his position to benefit others in enterprise operations and case handling, accepting substantial bribes in return, the watchdogs said.

Liu, 65, served in the anti-drug sector for many years and became head of the Office of the China National Narcotics Control Commission in May 2015.

He served as the commissioner for counter-terrorism at the Ministry of Public Security from December 2015 until June 2020.

In October 2011, Liu led a special task force to investigate the Mekong River massacre, in which 13 Chinese crew members aboard two cargo ships were killed by cohorts of drug lord Sai Naw Kham in the border area between Myanmar and Thailand.

Liu was placed under investigation in March this year.