Two more senior Chinese officials from the ‘Shanxi Gang’ expelled after graft probe
Watchdog hands cases to prosecutors, alleging cadres were involved in bribery and adultery
Two former Shanxi officials were expelled from the Communist Party, months after they were placed under internal investigation for graft, the mainland's top graft-buster said yesterday.
Both Jin Daoming, 61, the former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, and Shen Weichen, 57, former party secretary and executive vice-president of the China Association for Science and Technology, took advantage of their positions to take huge amounts of bribes, according to the party watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
They also received gifts and cash from others and committed adultery, the commission alleged. Evidence of their alleged crimes was handed over to prosecutors, it said.
Shen was formerly the top official in the provincial capital Taiyuan .
At least eight party officials from the resource-rich province have been detained in corruption investigations this year, including Ling Zhengce , a brother of Ling Jihua , the former top aide to former president Hu Jintao .
Ling Jihua is also under investigation by the commission.