Senior official in Jilin expelled from Party
( 2003-10-28 09:38) (Xinhua)
Wang Chun, former vice secretary-general of the Jilin Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been expelled from the Party and
discharged from public employment after being convicted of receiving bribes.
According to the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Wang and
his wife, Wu Shumei, received an immense amount of money when he was mayor of
Baishan City and Party Secretary of the city between 1996 and 2002.
Wang once promoted Jiang Huicong to director of the city's landadministrative
bureau after receiving more than 800,000 yuan (about 96,385 US dollars) from
Jiang.
He also took advantage of his power to help private enterpriseswho bribed
him, and often received gifts of money when major holidays came.
In December 2002, the provincial Committee of Discipline Inspection and the
provincial People's Procuratorate began to investigate Wang.
In March 2003, he was arrested and charged with bribery.
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