Reuters · October 15, 2026

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate Seeks Arrest of Former Chengdu Mayor Wang Fengchao for Suspected Bribery, Xinhua Says

• China's top prosecuting agency, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, has sought the arrest of former Chengdu mayor Wang Fengchao for suspected bribery, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, according to the report.
• Wang was expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office in June, according to announcements by Chinese anti-graft bodies cited in the report.

Arrest attributed to Xinhua as reported by Reuters; no response from Wang Fengchao is documented in the source. Original headline: "China's top prosecutor arrests former Chengdu mayor suspected of bribery".