Ex-official on trial for corruption

ZHENGZHOU - Zhu Zhigang, China's former deputy finance minister, stood trial on corruption charges in Xinyang of Central China's Henan province on Monday.

Zhu was one of China's 12 high-ranking officials removed from their provincial or ministerial level posts in the past two years after being investigated for corruption.

Prosecutors alleged Zhu helped others to secure profits, as well as to obtain loans and public appointments by taking advantage of his posts as assistant finance minister and deputy finance minister from January 2000 to March 2008.