A retrial for an allegedly corrupt official in east China began on Monday, after a former chief judge bowed out for "physical malaise."
A new chief judge has been assigned to preside over the case of Zhou Wenbin, former president of Nanchang University, the top university in Jiangxi Province, according to the Nanchang Municipal Intermediate People's Court.
Zhou, 55, is accused of accepting bribes worth more than 22 million yuan (3.5 million U.S. dollars) while serving as president of East China Institute of Technology and Nanchang University, according to the court. He also faces charges of embezzling 58.75 million yuan in public funds from Nanchang University.
Zhou became president of Nanchang University in 2002. He was arrested in 2013. A trial for his graft case opened in late 2014 and lasted for 23 days before ending abruptly due to the illness of the former chief judge.
