China puts retired head of state news agency under investigation for graft
Liu Beixian, who was editor-in-chief of China News Service until 2015, is suspected of ‘serious discipline breaches’
The retired former head ofa state-run Chinese news agency has been put under investigation for suspected graft, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Wednesday.
Liu Beixian, editor-in-chief of China News Service until retiring in February 2015, was suspected of “serious discipline breaches”, a euphemism for graft, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement.
It provided no other details and it was not possible to reach Liu or a legal or family representative for comment.
China News Service is run under the auspices of the mainland’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and is designed to serve as a news source for Chinese communities in places like Hong Kong and self-ruled Taiwan.
It is separate from Xinhua, China’s national official news agency.