BEIJING -- The top procuratorate will open an investigation into Wu Tianjun, a former senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official, following allegations that he accepted bribes.

Wu is a former member of the standing committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee and head of the provincial committee's commission for political and legal affairs.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has put Wu under "compulsory measures," the SPP announced Monday.

Compulsory measures can include arrest, detention, summons, bail pending trial or residential surveillance.