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By Wang Xiang |
October 27, 2009, Tuesday
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SOUTH China's Shenzhen City has sacked two of top district officials for alleged corruption just four months after the city's mayor was dismissed in similar circumstances.
Yu Weiliang, Party boss of the city's Longgang District, and Chen Shengxing, the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference in the same district, were both sacked for "serious breach of Party discipline" on Saturday.
The specific reason for their dismissals is unknown.
They were detained at a hotel on October 14 by the national disciplinary authority, the China News Service said yesterday.
Yu, 49, and Chen, 57, who had only been in his post for seven months, were both right-hand men of Shenzhen's former mayor Xu Zongheng before he was sacked, according to the Chongqing Evening News.
Yu and Chen both worked as general secretaries of Shenzhen City government during Xu's tenure.
Yu was in charge of foreign trade and financial aspects of the district. Several big projects, including the city's No.3 Metro line and the 26th World University Games Center were also launched in the district.
The projects involve investments more than 200 billion yuan (US$29.3 billion).
Shenzhen Guangdong Province investigated 125 more officials suspected of corruption in 107 cases between January and July this year, according to the Website of the city's Party disciplinary authority.
The clampdown on Xu, 54, who had been Shenzhen's mayor since 2005, started more than four months ago. He was initially put under double-designation status - a procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations at a designated time and place.
The city's three vice mayors, along with former top Guangdong political adviser Chen Shaoji and Zheng Shaodong, former assistant of public security minister, are also under investigation.
Xu was believed to be involved in a snowballing inquiry into the alleged criminal activities of Huang Guangyu, who was once considered China's appliance king, according to earlier reports.
Huang, founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked the richest man on the mainland, was arrested last November for alleged economic crimes.
More top city officials sacked
Wang Xiang
South China's Shenzhen City has sacked two of top district officials for alleged corruption just four months after the city's mayor was dismissed in similar circumstances.
Yu Weiliang, Party boss of the city's Longgang District, and Chen Shengxing, the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference in the same district, were both sacked for "serious breach of Party discipline" on Saturday.
The specific reason for their dismissals is unknown.
They were detained at a hotel on October 14 by the national disciplinary authority, the China News Service said yesterday.
Yu, 49, and Chen, 57, who had only been in his post for seven months, were both right-hand men of Shenzhen's former mayor Xu Zongheng before he was sacked, according to the Chongqing Evening News.
Yu and Chen both worked as general secretaries of Shenzhen City government during Xu's tenure.
Yu was in charge of foreign trade and financial aspects of the district. Several big projects, including the city's No.3 Metro line and the 26th World University Games Center were also launched in the district.
The projects involve investments more than 200 billion yuan (US$29.3 billion).
Shenzhen Guangdong Province investigated 125 more officials suspected of corruption in 107 cases between January and July this year, according to the Website of the city's Party disciplinary authority.
The clampdown on Xu, 54, who had been Shenzhen's mayor since 2005, started more than four months ago. He was initially put under double-designation status - a procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations at a designated time and place.
The city's three vice mayors, along with former top Guangdong political adviser Chen Shaoji and Zheng Shaodong, former assistant of public security minister, are also under investigation.
Xu was believed to be involved in a snowballing inquiry into the alleged criminal activities of Huang Guangyu, who was once considered China's appliance king, according to earlier reports.
Huang, founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked the richest man on the mainland, was arrested last November for alleged economic crimes.
Yu Weiliang, Party boss of the city's Longgang District, and Chen Shengxing, the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference in the same district, were both sacked for "serious breach of Party discipline" on Saturday.
The specific reason for their dismissals is unknown.
They were detained at a hotel on October 14 by the national disciplinary authority, the China News Service said yesterday.
Yu, 49, and Chen, 57, who had only been in his post for seven months, were both right-hand men of Shenzhen's former mayor Xu Zongheng before he was sacked, according to the Chongqing Evening News.
Yu and Chen both worked as general secretaries of Shenzhen City government during Xu's tenure.
Yu was in charge of foreign trade and financial aspects of the district. Several big projects, including the city's No.3 Metro line and the 26th World University Games Center were also launched in the district.
The projects involve investments more than 200 billion yuan (US$29.3 billion).
Shenzhen Guangdong Province investigated 125 more officials suspected of corruption in 107 cases between January and July this year, according to the Website of the city's Party disciplinary authority.
The clampdown on Xu, 54, who had been Shenzhen's mayor since 2005, started more than four months ago. He was initially put under double-designation status - a procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations at a designated time and place.
The city's three vice mayors, along with former top Guangdong political adviser Chen Shaoji and Zheng Shaodong, former assistant of public security minister, are also under investigation.
Xu was believed to be involved in a snowballing inquiry into the alleged criminal activities of Huang Guangyu, who was once considered China's appliance king, according to earlier reports.
Huang, founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked the richest man on the mainland, was arrested last November for alleged economic crimes.
More top city officials sacked
Wang Xiang
South China's Shenzhen City has sacked two of top district officials for alleged corruption just four months after the city's mayor was dismissed in similar circumstances.
Yu Weiliang, Party boss of the city's Longgang District, and Chen Shengxing, the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference in the same district, were both sacked for "serious breach of Party discipline" on Saturday.
The specific reason for their dismissals is unknown.
They were detained at a hotel on October 14 by the national disciplinary authority, the China News Service said yesterday.
Yu, 49, and Chen, 57, who had only been in his post for seven months, were both right-hand men of Shenzhen's former mayor Xu Zongheng before he was sacked, according to the Chongqing Evening News.
Yu and Chen both worked as general secretaries of Shenzhen City government during Xu's tenure.
Yu was in charge of foreign trade and financial aspects of the district. Several big projects, including the city's No.3 Metro line and the 26th World University Games Center were also launched in the district.
The projects involve investments more than 200 billion yuan (US$29.3 billion).
Shenzhen Guangdong Province investigated 125 more officials suspected of corruption in 107 cases between January and July this year, according to the Website of the city's Party disciplinary authority.
The clampdown on Xu, 54, who had been Shenzhen's mayor since 2005, started more than four months ago. He was initially put under double-designation status - a procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations at a designated time and place.
The city's three vice mayors, along with former top Guangdong political adviser Chen Shaoji and Zheng Shaodong, former assistant of public security minister, are also under investigation.
Xu was believed to be involved in a snowballing inquiry into the alleged criminal activities of Huang Guangyu, who was once considered China's appliance king, according to earlier reports.
Huang, founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked the richest man on the mainland, was arrested last November for alleged economic crimes.
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