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Bo Xilai, former party chief of Chongqing Municipality, was charged with bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, according to Jinan City People's Procuratorate in east China's Shandong Province.
The indictment paper was delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court on Thursday.
Bo, as a civil servant, took the advantage of his position to seek profits for others and accepted an "extremely large amount" of money and properties, said the indictment paper.
He also embezzled a huge amount of public money and abused his power, seriously harming the interests of the state and people, the document said.
He had committed serious crimes and will be indicted on the charges of bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, it said.
Bo had been informed of his legal rights and interviewed by prosecutors. His defending counsels also delivered their opinions, the prosecutors said.
