China's former Inner Mongolia chair Wang Lixia arrested for bribery
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- China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has approved the arrest of Wang Lixia, former deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and former chairman of the regional government, on suspicion of bribery.
- She is accused of accepting bribes totaling an exceptionally large amount.
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Wang Lixia, former deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and former chairman of the regional government, is facing charges of bribery. She was investigated while in office and later expelled from the Party and public service.
中新社北京6月3日电 (记者 张素)中国官方3日通报内蒙古自治区党委原副书记、自治区政府原主席王莉霞涉案进展。
最高人民检察院依法以涉嫌受贿罪对王莉霞作出逮捕决定，并指定由黑龙江省大庆市人民检察院审查起诉。
大庆市人民检察院近日已向大庆市中级人民法院提起公诉。
检察机关起诉指控称，被告人王莉霞利用担任陕西省铜川市委副书记、市长，陕西省政府党组成员、副省长，内蒙古自治区党委常委、统战部部长、呼和浩特市委书记，内蒙古自治区党委副书记、自治区政府主席职务上的便利以及职权或者地位形成的便利条件，为他人谋取利益，非法收受他人财物，数额特别巨大，依法应当以受贿罪追究其刑事责任。
公开资料显示，王莉霞，女，蒙古族，1964年6月生，辽宁建平人。
2025年8月，官方通报其任上被查。
今年2月，中央纪委国家监委通报王莉霞严重违纪违法被开除党籍和公职。
她被指利用职务便利为他人在项目审批、工程承揽等方面谋利，并非法收受巨额财物，以及“落实党中央决策部署阳奉阴违、自行其是”“贪慕虚荣、追求享乐”“违规干预、插手司法活动”“对家属失管失教”等。(完)
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Wang Lixia will be prosecuted and likely convicted.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What is the specific amount of illegal gains?
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