Chinese state TV airs former top security official’s confession to taking bribes and forming ‘political clique’
- The case of Sun Lijun, a former public security vice-minister, features in the first of a 5-part series on corruption
- Sun, who was formally charged last week, gives a television confession in which he admits receiving large sums of money and buying favours
A former senior Chinese security official has given a televised confession in which he admitted taking bribes and cultivating a “political clique”.
The programme said Sun and his faction, including senior city and law enforcement officials, abused their powers and colluded with businessmen, accepting huge amounts of money and property in return for favours.
Sun, 53, is one of the most high-profile figures from the security apparatus to be targeted by corruption busters in recent years.
He was expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from his post in September and formally charged with corruption last week.
Sun said in the documentary that in 2011 he had accepted a bank deposit card loaded with 1 million yuan from Wang Like, a former deputy head of the Jiangsu provincial political and legal committee.
“He [Wang] came to Beijing about four or five times a year, and each time he gave me US$300,000 in a small seafood box. Every time he came, he said he’s bringing ‘a little seafood’, then I knew what was going on,” Sun said.