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After being found guilty of corruption, a senior Chinese official in charge of investigating corruption within the national security ministry was expelled from the ruling Communist Party and from public office.
On Thursday, China’s anti-graft watchdog announced its action against Liu Yanping, 67, the latest senior security official to be punished in the run-up to the party’s Congress in October.
Liu, a former vice minister of public security, is the fourth such official to be removed since 2019.
According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Liu’s main crimes were political in nature (CCDI).
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is expected to win a record-breaking third term at the party Congress next month, has made fighting official corruption a hallmark of his decade-long reign.
The CCDI accused Liu of joining the “political gang” of Sun Lijun, a former vice minister of public security who was expelled for political crimes and corruption in 2021.
Separately, CCDI announced on Thursday that Wang Bin, former chairman of China Life Insurance Co and its former Communist Party chief, had been expelled from the party and removed from public office for bribery and corruption.
Wang was found to have taken bribes and abused his power in order to benefit others, according to CCDI.
