China’s ruling party sacks more officials

China’s ruling Communist Party (CPC) on Friday sacked several officials as the anti-corruption campaign initiated by President Xi Jinping continue to net big fish, shaking the country’s military and bureaucracy.

The CPC expelled former police chief of China’s northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Zhao Liping, who is suspected of murdering a lover. He has been expelled for corruption, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. 

Zhao is also a former deputy chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the regional political advisory body.

In a statement, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said that Zhao took advantage of his posts to seek benefits for businesses and officials in addition to accepting bribes. He accepted monetary gifts and committed adultery, flouting CPC codes of conduct, according to the statement.

Zhao also illegally possessed guns and ammunition.

He was detained by police in March in Mongolia’s Chifeng on suspicion of killing a woman with whom he had an intimate relationship. His case has been referred to judiciary for trial, the report said.

Also deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Yunnan Provincial Committee Qiu He has been expelled from the CPC and public office.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC on Friday said in a statement that Qiu had seriously violated Party rules by accepting gifts and seeking benefits for the business activities of his relatives. He accepted huge sums in bribes, while taking advantage of his posts to seek benefits for businesses and other people.