Energy chief hit by claims family got big payment
Allegations posted by veteran journalist about National Energy Administration director part of series of whistle-blower reports on officials
A veteran journalist has publicly accused the country's energy chief of forging his résumé, using his family to profit from his position and keeping a mistress.
Luo Changping, deputy managing editor of , posted on his Sina account the accusations against Liu Tienan, who is director of the National Energy Administration and the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Separately, a Xinhua report has confirmed that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is investigating Sichuan deputy party chief Li Chuncheng for "severely breaching party discipline".
Li was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party during the 18th party congress last month. He was among the least popular alternates selected, in terms of votes received, as his position among the alternates was 155th out of 171.
Luo said that Liu's wife and son were shareholders in a private company that used forged documents to obtain bank loans and transferred a "huge amount of money" to their personal account.
The journalist also said Liu's master's degree from Nagoya University in Japan, received while he was working as counsellor for economic affairs at the Chinese embassy in Japan, was an honorary degree rather than a credential earned through graduation.
Finally, Luo claimed that Liu kept a mistress while in Japan and threatened to kill her after they broke up.
