BEIJING -- China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has approved the arrest of Sun Yuning, former deputy head of China's General Administration of Customs, for suspected bribe-taking.

Sun's case was investigated by the National Commission of Supervision before being handed over to prosecutors, the SPP said in a statement on Wednesday.

The country's top anti-graft authority announced an investigation into Sun in September 2024. Prior to his arrest, Sun was expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from public office for serious violations of Party discipline and the law.