Ex-Sinopec GM to be charged

epa04936192 (FILE) Wang Tianpu, Director and President of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., (Sinopec) at a press conference announcing the companys 2008 results in Hong Kong, China, 30 March 2009. According to official news sources in China on 18 September 2015 Wang Tianpu has been expelled from the Communist Party of China for corruption and violations of the Party code and said that he will be prosecuted for graft crimes. EPA/YM YIK

BEIJING: A former general manager of Chinese energy giant Sinopec Group has been expelled from the Communist Party and will be prosecuted for crimes, including bribery and abuse of power, the party’s anti-corruption wa­tch­­dog said.

Wang Tianpu (pic), an oil industry veteran, was put under investigation in April.