Three more “rats” were placed under investigation on Thursday, bringing the total number of high-level officials from the discipline inspection system under investigation to 15 in nine days in China, according to a statement posted on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CCDI) on Thursday.
Among the officials under investigation, Liu Xiangyu, secretary and supervisory commissioner of the Disciplinary Committee of Jilin Provincial Water Affairs Investment Group Co., is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law.
Liu Zhi, Party secretary and executive vice president of the Red Cross Society of Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under disciplinary and supervision investigation. Liu has served as deputy secretary of Harbin Discipline Inspection Commission and deputy director of Harbin Municipal Supervision Commission.
Chen Gang, former member of the Party Committee of Guizhou Provincial Public Security Department and former leader of the discipline inspection and supervision team, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently subject to disciplinary and supervision investigation by the Guizhou Provincial Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee.
In the past week, the website of the CCDI also reported that 12 discipline inspection officials across the country, including those from South China’s Hainan Province, North China’s Shandong Province as well as North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, were under investigation.
China has dealt with more than 36,000 corruption-related cases impacting the public interest in the first half of 2023, with more than 52,000 individuals receiving criticism, education, assistance, or punishment, China’s highest supervisory and anti-corruption authority announced earlier.
Discipline inspection and supervisory authorities at all levels have consistently strengthened their inspection covering the implementation of policies supporting the public interest while punishing acts of embezzlement, misappropriation, false reporting and extortion, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the National Commission of Supervision.
The education and rectification of the national discipline inspection and supervision official team is also underway. In the first half of 2023, the national discipline inspection and supervision system received a total of more than 20,200 tipoffs or public reports involving discipline inspection and supervision officials.
In addition, more than 18,700 tipoffs related to discipline inspection and supervision officials were handled, with 2,482 officials subject to discipline reports, 1,647 punished, and 73 transferred to judicial organs.
(Global Times)
