A deputy mayor of Jinhua, in Zhejiang , is being investigated by the Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog over allegations he illegally granted land to a developer, Shanghai's Oriental Morning Post reported yesterday.
Zhu Fulin , 53, and his wife were taken away by the party's provincial discipline inspection commission on August 24 and have been put under shuanggui, a disciplinary measure under which party members are detained and interrogated, the newspaper said, citing government sources from both Jinhua and Zhejiang.
A staff member at the Jinhua city government's general office told the South China Morning Post that Zhu had been absent from work "for several days".
"We also heard the rumour about Zhu being under shuanggui, and it is likely to be true."
Repeated calls to the party's anti-graft watchdog in Zhejiang went unanswered yesterday.
According to Jinhua's government website, Zhu's last public appearance was on August 22, when he attended a meeting on rural housing construction in Yiwu . As a deputy mayor of Jinhua since 2008, Zhu oversaw urban planning and construction, environmental protection, land resources, civil air defence and railway construction.