Ex-NDRC deputy chief charged with bribery
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THE former deputy chief of China’s top economic planning agency was charged with bribery yesterday, becoming the latest high-ranking official to face criminal charges in the current graft crackdown.
The charges against Liu Tienan, the former deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, were brought by prosecutors in Langfang City, north China’s Hebei Province.
According to the indictment issued by the Langfang City People’s Procuratorate, Liu sought benefits for others by taking advantage of his position, and accepted “an extremely large amount” of financial incentives.
He was placed under investigation last August after being expelled from the Communist Party.
Allegations against Liu surfaced two years ago when Luo Changping, deputy editor-in-chief of Caijing magazine, accused him via a microblog of being involved in fraud and graft and of sending death threats.
According to earlier media reports, Liu took bribes for helping a businessman in 2011 to defraud banks of more than US$200 million.
When President Xi Jinping took office last year he vowed to root out corrupt officials at all levels and warned that graft could destroy the ruling party.
Also yesterday, legal charges were brought against Tong Mingqian, the former senior political adviser in Hunan Province notorious for electoral fraud.
Following a probe, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate designated the 2nd Branch of the Beijing People’s Procuratorate to instigate a public prosecution.
Tong was vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, but was sacked in January after being implicated in a fraud involving more than 500 lawmakers in Hengyang City between 2012-13.
Tong, then Party chief of Hengyang and in charge of the election, was found guilty of failing to fulfil his supervisory duties, and leaving room for bribery in the election of deputies to the Hunan Provincial People’s Congress.
The case had huge political and social consequences as it was the largest electoral fraud ever seen in China. The bribes involved totaled more 110 million yuan (US$17.7 million).
Meanwhile, the Organization Department of the Party’s Central Committee said yesterday two senior officials in Shanxi Province were sacked for suspected serious discipline violations.
Ling Zhengce, 62, was removed as a vice chairman of the provincial branch of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference, while Du Shanxue was dismissed from his post as vice governor.
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