Chinese prosecutors have charged former senior politician Sun Zhengcai with bribery. In July last year, Sun was removed from his post as the Communist Party of China's chief of the municipality of Chongqing. He has been charged with bribery for "illegally accepting a huge amount of assets from others", during various posts going back 15 years in Chongqing, Beijing, Jilin province, and as Minister of Agriculture. His case has been sent to the first intermediate court in Tianjin.