scmp.com on November 22, 2011 reported that a former deputy head of the mainland's drug administration has gone on trial for taking more than a million yuan in bribes and other illegal activities that netted a further 23 million yuan (HK$28 million) and included dubious bulk sales of books he wrote in office, according to an indictment cited by a Beijing newspaper. Zhang Jingli, former deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, also faces charges for allegedly ordering his staff to send more than 1,300 letters containing false accusations against his rivals to the Communist Party's disciplinary committee, the Beijing Evening News reported yesterday.

The original article can be found at scmp.com.