‘Superstitious’ vice mayor faces graft charges
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A vice mayor in a key southeastern Chinese city will be prosecuted for graft after an investigation found he engaged in “superstitious” activities, abused his power and took bribes, China’s main anti-graft watchdog said yesterday.
Li Dongliang, vice mayor of Xiamen, took gifts in exchange for help with promotions, covered up unspecified personal issues, allowed family members to benefit from his position and “participated in superstitious activities,” the ruling Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said.
He also had “abnormal sexual relations with others,” it said, alluding to an extramarital affair. Such activity is banned for Party officials, who are meant to be upstanding members of the community.
Party members are also not supposed to believe in “superstition.”
In a similar case, China’s powerful former public security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life last year for corruption, was accused of leaking undisclosed state secrets to a fortune teller.
The short statement gave no details of Li’s suspected crimes, only that his case would be handed over to legal authorities, meaning he would face prosecution.
Xiamen sits opposite Taiwan and is an important investment location for Taiwan businesses.
President Xi Jinping has launched a war against corruption since assuming office three years ago.
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