Nie Yong, former chairman of the e-commerce arm of China’s top liquor maker Kweichow Moutai, has been arrested over bribery charges, according to procuratorate of southwest China’s Tongren City, Guizhou Province.

A board of Kweichow Moutai Group is seen atop a building in Beijing. (File photo: VCG)

Nie was also the board member and legal person of Moutai E-commerce Co. He was dismissed from all positions in November 2018.

According to a statement released on Friday, Tongren's anti-graft commission had transferred Nie's case to the local procuratorate for review and future indictment after the investigation.

Tongren Municipal People's Procuratorate is handling Nie’s case.