Two senior managers at China National Petroleum Corp latest to face corruption inquiry
Move at oilfield in Xinjiang comes after Liao Yongyuan, the company’s general manager, was investigated for “suspected serious violations of law and party discipline” – a euphemism for graft
Two senior managers at a regional oilfield of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) are being investigated for corruption – the latest targets of the Communist party’s anti-graft campaign at the stated-owned oil company.
The move in the Xinjiang region came after Liao Yongyuan, the company’s general manager, was investigated for “suspected serious violations of law and party discipline” – a euphemism for corruption, the party’s anti-graft agency said on Monday.
An Wenhua, vice-general manager of the Tarim oilfield, and Jia Dong, the oilfield’s chief accountant, have both been placed under investigation, sources inside the CNPC were reported as saying by the news media website Caixin.com.
Liao was general manager at the Tarim oilfield from 1996 to 2001 before being transferred to Gansu.
After he left, An was promoted to the role of vice-general manager and Jia became chief accountant.
An’s last public appearance was at a meeting in Aksu prefecture, in Xinjiang on February 10.