BEIJING - Han Xuejian, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, has been prosecuted for allegedly accepting bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Monday.

Prosecutors in Liaoyuan city in Northeast Jilin province have informed Han, former member of the standing committee of the CPC Heilongjiang provincial committee and party chief of Daqing city, of his litigation rights and questioned him, according to an SPP statement.