(XINHUA)

Wen Qiang, the highest-raking official to be prosecuted during the massive crackdown on organized crime in southwest China's Chongqing, stood trial on February 2-7.

Prosecutors said Wen, 55, former Director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Justice, took bribes totaling more than 16 million yuan ($2.4 million) personally or through his wife from 1996 to 2009. In return, Wen, who had served as a senior police officer in Chongqing for 16 years, protected criminal rings, offered posts to officials, and helped businesspeople obtain ill-gotten gains and evade police investigations, prosecutors said.

Wen was also charged with rapes. In addition, Wen could not account for the source of more than 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) of his personal assets.