Bangladesh, Dec. 11 -- Chinas sweeping anti-corruption campaign has entered yet another high-profile phase with the announcement that Qi Zhala – a prominent ethnic Tibetan official and former chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region government – will be prosecuted on charges of bribery and abuse of power. The Supreme Peoples Procuratorate confirmed on December 10 that formal charges have been filed, marking a dramatic fall for an official once seen as one of the most influential Tibetans within the Chinese political hierarchy.

Qis indictment comes just six months after he was expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from public office, an action that signaled the end of his political career even before criminal proceedi...