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Three local officials probed for corruption

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-03-27 21:12

BEIJING -- Three Chinese local officials suspected of taking bribes and abusing power are under investigation by prosecutors, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Friday.

Hu Yuan, former vice head of the Anhui provincial bureau of China Banking Regulatory Commission, is suspected of taking bribes and is being investigated by local prosecutors in East China's Anhui province.

Hu has been placed under "coercive measures," which include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest in accordance with China's criminal procedure law.

Jiang Shan, former chief of the Communist Party of China of Chuzhou city in Anhui province was probed under suspicion of abuse of power and taking bribes.

Jiang Ziqin, president of the Southwest Guizhou Vocational and Technical College for Nationalities in Guizhou province, has been arrested for suspected bribe-taking and the case is under investigation.

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