Shanghai’s Former Chief Prosecutor Pleads Guilty in $6.6 Million Bribery Case

What’s new: Shanghai’s former top prosecutor has pleaded guilty to taking more than 48 million yuan ($6.6 million) in bribes, as China’s anti-corruption crackdown on law enforcement and the judiciary continues.

On Thursday, Zhang Bencai stood trial at Xiamen Intermediate People’s Court in East China’s Fujian province on bribery charges.

Prosecutors said Zhang accepted kickbacks in exchange for business and job-related favors while in multiple positions from 2005 to 2020, including head of the General Office of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and chief procurator of Shanghai People’s Procuratorate, according to a statement from the Xiamen court.