On March 20, the people's procuratorate of Xinxiang, Henan province, filed a public prosecution with the intermediate people's court of Xinxiang regarding the former Shaolin abbot Shi Yongxin, who is accused of a series of financial crimes, according to CCTV News.

Shi, originally named Liu Yingcheng, had served as the 30th abbot of Songshan Shaolin Temple since 1999.

He is suspected of duty-related embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, bribery by non-state functionaries, and offering bribes.

During the review and prosecution stage, the procuratorial agency informed the defendant of his procedural rights in accordance with the law, interrogated the defendant, and heard the opinions of his defense counsel.