Ex-deputy mayor investigated in corruption probe
Hu Xing , a former vice-mayor of the Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming , has reportedly been arrested over allegations of involvement in a major corruption scandal in the city.
Hu, also a former deputy director of the Yunnan Communications Bureau, was arrested on Tuesday in Guangzhou. Yunnan police, however, would not confirm reports of his arrest yesterday.
Informed sources said Zeng Hua, the former head of the Kunming Urban Planning and Land Administration Bureau, had also been arrested in connection with the Hu investigation.
Several officials have been subject to shuanggui - a form of Communist Party investigation - including Tang Hanying , the former head of the Kunming Land Resources Centre, Zhai Jianguo , the former director of the Kunming Garden and Green Space Bureau, and a division head of the southwestern city's tax bureau.
Kunming media reported that Hu had allegedly used his influence to help his brother Li Bin , who adopted their mother's surname, obtain permission to build a luxury high-rise development in the city centre despite a ban on such projects.
