FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, then China's northwestern Xinjiang region's Uighur governor Nur Bekri rubs his face, during the Xinjiang delegation's group discussion session as part of the annual National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China says the former governor of the restive Xinjiang region has been formally arrested for taking bribes. The nation's top prosecutor said the step was taken Tuesday, April 2, 2019, after the combined Communist Party-government investigatory body had completed its work. Bekri has already been expelled from the party. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)
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