Ten Corrupt Senior Officials Dismissed From CPCTen senior officials have been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public positions, the CPC Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection (LPCDI) and the Provincial Supervision Department told a press conference Wednesday morning.The officials were implicated in the corruption case of Mu Suixin, former mayor of Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Jia Yongxiang, former president of the Shenyang Intermediate Court, has taken massive bribes and kickbacks to support a corrupt life, and wiped out big personal bills with public money. Liu Shi, former procurator general of the Shenyang People's Procuratorate, was accused of taking huge bribes and interfering with the investigation on Ma Xiangdong, former deputy mayor of Shenyang and also now under trial for corruption charges. Jiao Meigui, former vice president of the Shenyang Intermediate Court, took bribes from local gangsters and speculated with large amounts of public money. The Wednesday announcement also confirmed the discharging from CPC membership and government employment of seven other senior officials. Among them are Zhou Wei, and former director of Shenyang Tobacco Monopoly Administration, Liang Fuquan, former vice president of the Shenyang Intermediate Court. Xu Weiguo, a LPCDI official, said that the punishment handed out to the corrupt senior officials demonstrated the determination and ability of the CPC and the Chinese government to eliminate corruption. |
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