Former mayor accused of living in luxury
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LU Ziyue, former mayor of the eastern city of Ningbo, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office following a corruption investigation.
Lu, who was also deputy secretary of the city’s Party committee, had taken advantage of his position to seek profits for others in exchange for money and property, said the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection yesterday.
Lu is accused of violating the Party’s code of conduct by canvassing votes and bribing others while seeking promotion and accepting bribes to influence the promotion of others.
He traded his power for sex and used his position and influence to benefit businesses run by his relatives, the CCDI said.
Lu was also found to have intervened in the work of judicial departments.
According to the CCDI, Lu had been involved in “superstitious activities” and violated frugality rules by leading a life of luxury and frequenting private clubs.
The CCDI announced its investigation into Lu in March. He did not cooperate with the investigation, it said.
The CCDI accused him of “losing sight of the ideas and faith” and “seriously violating the Party’s code of conduct.”
His case has been transferred to judicial departments.
Meanwhile, a total of 4,469 officials were disciplined for violating frugality and ethical rules in May, the Party’s anti-corruption body said.
The officials were implicated in 3,215 cases, 793 of which involved unauthorized allowances or subsidies, the CCDI said in a report on its website.
Other violations included unapproved use of public vehicles, unauthorized acceptance and giving of gifts, use of public funds for travel, as well as extravagant weddings and funerals.
China has been endeavoring to rein in corruption and make its civil servants more disciplined in their working style, in response to public complaints over the behavior of certain officials.
The CCDI established a monthly reporting system in August 2013 to monitor the nationwide implementation of the “eight-point rules,” which were introduced on December 4, 2012, by the Party in a bid to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance and undesirable work habits.
This year, to the end of May, 20,951 officials had been punished for violating the rules.
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