China’s Inner Mongolia chairwoman Wang Lixia under investigation for corruption
Wang, also regional deputy party chief, is an ethnic Mongol and the fourth senior autonomous region official to be disciplined this year
Wang Lixia, who is also the region’s deputy Communist Party chief, is suspected of committing “serious violations of discipline and laws”, the party disciplinary body and China’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Friday.
According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, Wang is undergoing a disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
Wang, 61, is of Mongol ethnicity and the fourth senior official from an autonomous region to be investigated so far this year. They are among a small number of top ethnic minority officials who have faced corruption investigations in recent decades.
Born in northeastern Liaoning province, Wang spent most of her career in northwestern Shaanxi before transferring to Inner Mongolia in 2016.