Party boots Shenzhen ex-mayor
By Li Xinran |
August 19, 2010, Thursday
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The former mayor of south China's Shenzhen City has been kicked out of the Communist Party pending further investigation into allegations of graft.
The Party's disciplinary watchdog yesterday stripped Xu Zongheng's CPC membership, sacked him from his job and confiscated his income for severe violation of disciplines and the law.
Xu, 55, was removed from office last June amid an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.
The commission said Xu had accepted hefty bribes and sought benefits for relatives and other people by taking advantage of his duties.
The next step is to refer Xu to judicial departments for his alleged crimes, the People's Daily website reported.
Xu became Shenzhen's mayor and deputy Party secretary in June 2005.
The Party disciplinary authority reportedly investigated Xu for a year before he was put under double designation status - a special procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations or corruption at a designated time and place.
There had been no breakthroughs until an investigation last year into an actress who obtained Hong Kong permanent resident status earlier this year, according to the Party newspaper report.
The actress, unnamed in the report, told investigators that Xu had offered her a large sum of cash and she had helped Xu deal with "personal activities" in Hong Kong.
An earlier report by the Hong Kong-based Ming Pao newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that the clampdown on Xu was related to an involvement with Huang Guangyu, the founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked as the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Three Shenzhen vice mayors were also put under investigation around the same time in a snowballing inquiry into the criminal activities of Huang.
Huang was sentenced to 14 years and fined 600 million yuan (US$88 million) on May 18 for illegal business dealings, bribery and inside trading. He has appealed.
Huang's case has incriminated high-ranking officials, including Huang Songyou, a former vice head of the Supreme Court; Zheng Shaodong, a former assistant to the public security minister and Guo Jingyi, a former commerce ministry official.
Chen Shaoji, former police chief of Guangdong Province, and Wang Huayuan, once Guangdong's top Party disciplinary official, were both investigated for alleged involvement with Huang.
The Party's disciplinary watchdog yesterday stripped Xu Zongheng's CPC membership, sacked him from his job and confiscated his income for severe violation of disciplines and the law.
Xu, 55, was removed from office last June amid an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.
The commission said Xu had accepted hefty bribes and sought benefits for relatives and other people by taking advantage of his duties.
The next step is to refer Xu to judicial departments for his alleged crimes, the People's Daily website reported.
Xu became Shenzhen's mayor and deputy Party secretary in June 2005.
The Party disciplinary authority reportedly investigated Xu for a year before he was put under double designation status - a special procedure in which a Party official is ordered to explain allegations of disciplinary violations or corruption at a designated time and place.
There had been no breakthroughs until an investigation last year into an actress who obtained Hong Kong permanent resident status earlier this year, according to the Party newspaper report.
The actress, unnamed in the report, told investigators that Xu had offered her a large sum of cash and she had helped Xu deal with "personal activities" in Hong Kong.
An earlier report by the Hong Kong-based Ming Pao newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that the clampdown on Xu was related to an involvement with Huang Guangyu, the founder of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, who was once ranked as the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Three Shenzhen vice mayors were also put under investigation around the same time in a snowballing inquiry into the criminal activities of Huang.
Huang was sentenced to 14 years and fined 600 million yuan (US$88 million) on May 18 for illegal business dealings, bribery and inside trading. He has appealed.
Huang's case has incriminated high-ranking officials, including Huang Songyou, a former vice head of the Supreme Court; Zheng Shaodong, a former assistant to the public security minister and Guo Jingyi, a former commerce ministry official.
Chen Shaoji, former police chief of Guangdong Province, and Wang Huayuan, once Guangdong's top Party disciplinary official, were both investigated for alleged involvement with Huang.
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