China probes senior Xinjiang party officials days after deadly bomb attack
Party chiefs of Hotan prefecture and Karakax county both suspected of ‘serious disciplinary breaches’ and ‘dereliction’
Two Communist Party officials in Xinjiang have been placed under investigation for corruption and dereliction of duty, just days after a deadly attack occurred on their watch, according to mainland media reports.
The Xinjiang Discipline Inspection Commission said Zhang Jinbiao, 53, the party secretary of Hotan prefecture in southern Xinjiang, was under investigation for “serious disciplinary breaches” – a common euphemism for corruption.
Zhang was also implicated in “dereliction”, a rare charge for officials under initial investigation.
In another online statement, the commission said He Jun, party chief of Karakax county under Hotan prefecture, had also been placed under investigation for suspected “disciplinary breaches” and “dereliction”.
The investigation came just days after a suicide attack rocked an office building in Karakax county.
