THE Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said yesterday it has decided to arrest Zhao Zhengyong, former Party chief of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province and a former senior national legislator, and Chen Guoqiang, former vice governor of the province, for suspicion of taking bribes.

Zhao’s case had been investigated by the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and transferred to the procuratorate for further investigation and prosecution.

The NSC has completed the investigation into Chen’s case and handed it over to prosecuting agencies, the SPP said.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the NSC announced earlier this month that Chen had been expelled from the CPC and dismissed from public office for multiple violations. (Xinhua)