24 August 2006, 13:22 GMT
BEIJING, (Sputnik) — Liao Yongyuan, former deputy chairman of PetroChina, is accused of large-scale corruption and power abuse on the grounds that his spending far outweighed his official income, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Xu Jianyi, ex-chairman of China's FAW Group, and Xu Gang, former Fujian deputy governor, are charged with large-scale bribery and malfeasance in office, the media outlet added.
In March 2015, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Chinese Communist Party's internal watchdog, launched a probe against PetroChina and FAW top officials over what it claimed was serious violations of law and party discipline.
