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Bo Xilai, former Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, has been charged with taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power, according to the Jinan City People's Procuratorate in Shandong Province. Bo's indictment was delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court on July 25.

Bo took the advantage of his position as a civil servant to seek gains for others and accepted large amounts of money and property as bribes, according to the indictment.

Bo, 64, was suspended from membership in the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee in April 2012 on suspicion of involvement in serious discipline violations.