Former Inner Mongolia Legislator Sets Record With $64 Million in Alleged Bribes

A former senior legislator in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region may have set a record for the country’s officialdom, though not a laudable one.

Xing Yun, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia, faces charges of accepting bribes worth 449 million yuan ($64 million), a record sum for a provincial-level official caught up in China’s sweeping anti-graft campaign since late 2012.