Anhui Vice-Governor He Minxu is being investigated for
corruption by the Party's disciplinary body, a leading newspaper reported
Tuesday.
Anhui
Vice-Governor He Minxu. [File Photo] |
He, 51, was detained on June 22 for allegedly accepting bribes as well as
dereliction of duty in handling a riot in Chizhou city last June, said
Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald.
He was Chizhou's Party chief at the time of the riot before becoming
vice-governor shortly afterwards, it said.
No comment was available from the Party discipline inspection commissions at
either the central or provincial level.
It is the latest in a series of corruption cases involving senior officials
in the past month.
Beijing Vice-Mayor Liu Zhihua, who was in charge of Olympic construction
projects, was removed from his post last month.
Wang Shouye, former deputy commander of the Navy of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army, was expelled from the national legislature on charges of
economic crimes late last month.
"Lack of effective supervision is partly to blame for high-ranking officials
becoming corrupt," said Ren Jianming, a professor on anti-corruption at Tsinghua
University.
A well-formulated legal and supervision system has to be established if the
issue is to be forcefully addressed, he said.
Official figures show that courts sentenced six ministerial-level officials
last year.
During an inspection tour last weekend in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Wu
Guanzheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC
Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection, called for enhanced Party-building and an anti-corruption drive in
State-owned enterprises.
Wu urged that investigations be stepped up in corruption cases including
those involving embezzling State assets and commercial bribery and called for
increased supervision to stem the menace. .
