SHANGHAI: The former top prosecutor in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai has been kicked out of the ruling Communist Party over a range of violations, the party said, and a lawsuit for suspected bribe-taking will be launched.
Chen Xu, who had served in Shanghai’s judiciary since the 1970s, had “seriously damaged the credibility of the judiciary and social justice”, the party’s internal watchdog said on its website yesterday.
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