Tan Ruisong, ex-boss of Chinese aircraft giant AVIC, expelled from Communist Party
Former head of company behind China’s latest generation stealth fighter jet accused of taking ‘huge amount’ of bribes
The former chairman and Communist Party secretary of the state-owned defence conglomerate Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) – China’s leading military aircraft maker – has been expelled from the party for allegedly taking a “huge amount” of bribes.
Tan has been under investigation since August and his case will be handed over to prosecutors.
According to a CCDI statement on Monday, Tan accepted “a huge amount of bribes … and offered favours during the restructuring and mergers and acquisitions of enterprises, for contracting engineering projects, and in the recruitment of employees”.
He also “seriously violated the party’s political discipline” by engaging in “embezzlement of huge amounts of public properties” and “power-for-sex transactions”, the commission said.