Song Lin, former chairman of China Resources, is formally charged with corruption
One of the most senior Hong Kong-based executives of a state-owned enterprise to be prosecuted by mainland authorities was held for 31 months without charge
The former chairman of state-owned conglomerate China Resources has been formally indicted in Guangzhou on suspicion of corruption and taking bribes, state media reported yesterday.
Song Lin, one of the most senior Hong Kong-based executives at a state-owned enterprise to be prosecuted by mainland authorities, would stand trial at the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Xinhua reported. The report gave no date for the hearing.
Song has been held for 31 months without charge – one of the longest periods of detention for any senior official – by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party’s internal graft watchdog.
Song was detained by the CCDI in April 2014 after repeated accusations in mainland media. Several acting and former senior executives of the company were later investigated for corruption.
Xinhua said the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the mainland’s most senior prosecution body, had concluded its investigation of Song and handed the case to Guangzhou prosecutors.
