Former senior Chinese security cadre Liu Yanping under corruption cloud
- Liu accused of violations of discipline and law, Communist Party’s anti-graft body says
- He is the 12th high-ranking official to fall from grace this year
Liu Yanping, 66, was under investigation for “suspected violation of discipline and law”, the party’s anti-graft body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said in a one-sentence statement on Saturday.
The charge is a widely used euphemism for corruption or political mistakes and is usually followed by a conviction.
Liu is the 12th high-ranking official to fall from grace this year and first since the annual national legislative meeting concluded on Friday.
Liu graduated from China University of Political Science and Law and had a long career in the police department in Beijing before being appointed as vice-minister of public security in 2013.
Two years later, he became the head of discipline inspection at the Ministry of State Security.
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