A former Politburo member who was once seen as a contender for Chinas top leadership has been charged with bribery, the countrys top prosecutor said Tuesday.
Sun Zhengcai, former party chief of the southwestern mega-city Chongqing, "should be held criminally responsible" for "seeking benefits for others" and "illegally accepting huge sums of money," according to a statement on the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.