"Chinese Ministry of Public Security Deputy Minister Under Investigation for Disciplinary Violations"
[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] Sun Lijun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security who has been in charge of Hong Kong issues in China, is under investigation by authorities for violations of discipline and laws.
On the 19th, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top supervisory body, announced that Vice Minister Sun is being investigated for violations of discipline and laws. Sun has been responsible for political prisoner crackdowns and Hong Kong-related matters in China.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not disclose the specific details of Sun’s disciplinary violations. Sun’s name has been removed from the list of key personnel on the Ministry of Public Security’s official website, and no successor has been appointed yet.
Late on the night of the 19th, the Ministry of Public Security issued a statement saying, "We support the authorities’ investigation of Vice Minister Sun. We send absolute support to President Xi Jinping’s efforts to eradicate corruption. Vice Minister Sun has long ignored the Party’s political discipline and rules."
The SCMP, citing sources, reminded that Vice Minister Sun was a direct subordinate of Meng Jianzhu, former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and a close aide to former President Jiang Zemin. Within China, there is analysis that the investigation of Vice Minister Sun may mark President Xi’s full-scale purge of Jiang Zemin’s faction still remaining within the Public Security Ministry. However, there is no clear sign yet that the investigation of Vice Minister Sun is related to former Secretary Meng.
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This is not the first time a senior official of the Ministry of Public Security has been investigated by supervisory bodies on corruption charges. In September 2018, Meng Hongwei, the first Chinese president of Interpol, was investigated by the National Supervisory Commission for bribery charges and was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison by a court earlier this year.
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