China fights corruption

Thu, 25 Feb 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China is stepping up a major drive against
corruption in the police and the judicial department, sources
said on Wednesday.

A Hong Kong newspaper reported on Wednesday that the police
chief of the southern city of Guangzhou had been forcibly
escorted to Beijing to help in the investigation of corruption
charges against a public security minister.

Sources in Beijing confirmed that deputy public security
minister Li Jizhou was formally arrested for corruption in mid-
December. Li had been responsible for a nationwide crackdown on
smuggling.

A top official in the customs administration was arrested
around the same time, they said, adding both would probably be
executed if found guilty.

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