BEIJING, Dec. 29 (CGTN) -- Pu Bo, former vice governor of southwest China's Guizhou Province, has been prosecuted for taking bribes, according to the local prosecution office.

Allegations made by local prosecutors claimed that Pu, while in office, used his position to seek advantages from others and take what believed to be large bribes.

Pu is also a former member of the Leading Party Members Group of the government of Guizhou Province.