The Daily Mail reports that a former head of Communist China’s anti-corruption office has been arrested for allegedly accepting over US$70 million in bribes.

According to reports, Dong Hong, 67, who served as the anti-corruption agency’s deputy leader until 2018, was recently arrested having been accused of receiving bribes for nearly two decades while he served several key positions with the Chinese Communist Party including several years in the anti-corruption office.

READ: One of China’s top anti-corruption chiefs is charged with accepting £51 million in bribes

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