Top energy regulator 'facing probe' over magazine's graft allegations
Liu Tienan, the director of the National Energy Administration, forged his CV and profited from his position using members of his family, according to Luo Changping, deputy managing editor of Caijing Magazine, one of the mainland's most influential business publications, which has a reputation for exposing corporate scandals.
A formal investigation into the activities of the country's top energy regulator, Liu Tienan, has allegedly been launched by Beijing after a veteran journalist at a respected mainland magazine reported a series of allegations against him.
Liu, the director of the National Energy Administration, forged his CV and profited from his position using members of his family, according to Luo Changping, deputy managing editor of Caijing Magazine, one of the mainland's most influential business publications, which has a reputation for exposing corporate scandals.
Luo said Liu's wife and son were shareholders in a private company belonging to the mainland businessman Ni Ritao which allegedly used forged documents to obtain bank loans and transferred a "huge amount of money" to the son's personal bank accounts at HSBC.
The journalist said Liu's master's degree was an honorary degree rather than an earned credential.
He also accused Liu of having kept a mistress and threatening to kill her after they broke up.
Luo said on his Sina microblog: "Not only is this matter accepted, an investigation has been launched." He did not name the government authority he said had accepted his allegations.
"In the past two months, I have already completed the relevant proceedings to fulfil my responsibilities as an informer," Luo said.