Local police chief accused of having affairs with dance troupe sisters
The allegations against Qi Fang, police chief of Wusu, a city of 210,000 people in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province, surfaced online on Monday. Party discipline authorities in Xinjiang have since launched an official investigation, said the report.
The younger sister is now working as an auxiliary officer in the traffic police department.
Both sisters had previously worked in a cultural troupe, said the .
But according to a police coworker the talked to, the two sisters were promoted mainly due to their talent and work performance.
“They are very capable and work hard,” said a police officer who was identified only as Wu. Wu said the two sisters won praises after directing a successful Lunar New Year variety show for the police department this year.
Wu believed the promotion also had to do with the sisters’ being minorities, said the . It is not clear what race they are.
Minorities in China are allowed certain privileges including having multiple children despite the country’s one-child policy. Minority students can enter university on lower test scores than their Han counterparts.
The original post on the Xinjiang forum was deleted possibly by authorities the same day it was posted, said the .