Former Chongqing police chief expelled from Communist Party for graft
Anti-graft watchdog says He Ting wasted public funds and abused his power
The former police chief of the scandal-plagued major southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party after a probe by the anti-corruption watchdog found he wasted public money and abused his power.
He Ting, 55, was abruptly removed from his post without explanation in June, a position he had held since early 2012.
His downfall preceded that of Chongqing’s former top official, one-time city party chief Sun Zhengcai, who was sacked in July and then put under investigation for suspected corruption.
In a brief statement, the graft-fighting Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said He wasted public funds, went to banquets organised by private firms, interfered in promotions and sought benefit for relatives’ companies.
He also had for a long time engaged in “superstitious activities”, a charge often levelled at fallen officials to further blacken their names, often implying visits to soothsayers and temples. Party officials are supposed to be strictly atheist.