BEIJING -- Dou Wangui, a former senior political advisor of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said in a statement on Tuesday.

The case was handed over to prosecutors for examination and prosecution following the conclusion of an investigation by the National Commission of Supervision, the SPP said.

Dou was formerly a member of the leading Party members group of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman of the committee.

Further investigation into this case is still underway.