Exclusive | Vice-governor of China’s Sichuan province Peng Yuxing ‘taken away in corruption investigation’
- Sources say Peng Yuxing was detained last week and is believed to be facing an internal Communist Party investigation over graft claims
- Official did not appear at an anti-corruption meeting presided over by the provincial governor, source says
A vice-governor of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan has been placed under investigation, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Peng Yuxing, 57, became the vice-governor of Sichuan in 2017. A source told the South China Morning Post: “He was taken away last week”, adding that he was likely to be facing an internal Communist Party investigation for alleged corruption.
According to the provincial government’s website, Peng’s responsibilities include defence-related industrial and technological development, civilian-military integration and industrial and scientific development.
A second source confirmed that Peng did not appear at an anti-corruption meeting presided over by the provincial governor Yin Li on Tuesday nor was his name listed with six other vice-governors in Wednesday’s report on the meeting by the official newspaper Sichuan Daily.
However, Peng is still named on the official website of the Sichuan government as one of the province’s vice-governors.
The provincial propaganda department did not respond to requests for comment.