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Nanjing mayor placed under investigation
南京市长季建业被调查
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THE mayor of Nanjing, capital of eastern Jiangsu Province, is under investigation, the discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said yesterday.
Ji Jianye is being investigated over suspected discipline and law violations, said the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Investigations into Ji, who is also deputy secretary of the Nanjing municipal committee of the CPC, comes amid a high-profile anti-corruption campaign in China.
The People’s Daily newspaper said 56-year-old Ji is being investigated over his relationship with a high-profile Jiangsu construction magnate, now in detention.
It said Ji had a reputation for steering lucrative government development contracts to friends and associates, and put the figure for funds involved in his case at 20 million yuan (US$3.2 million).
Ji has come under criticism for problems with a number of large-scale construction programs in the city.
One major project was the construction of a drainage system with separate pipes for sewage and rainwater.
Work began in early 2010, soon after Ji became mayor, and has led to huge disruption in the historic city that was capital to six dynasties.
And in 2009, when Ji was acting mayor, there were street protests over the removal of the city’s beloved plane trees — a symbol of Nanjing — for a subway project.
Investigations into Ji are reported to be connected to a probe into the activities of Zhu Xingliang, the richest man in Suzhou in Jiangsu.
Investigators said Ji contracted many projects to Zhu’s Jintanglang construction company, reported the 21st Century Business Herald.
The newspaper said that Ji was placed under investigation on Wednesday.
The CPC leadership considers corruption one of the most serious problems the Party must solve.
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