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China’s Liaoning province sees third police chief in a row accused of corruption
- Wang Dawei is the latest in a string of senior police and judicial figures to be targeted by the country’s top graft-busting watchdog
- His two immediate predecessors and a number of other senior politicians in the northeastern province have also been jailed or charged
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China’s top anti-corruption watchdog is investigating a provincial police chief as part of a crackdown that has snared at least 11 senior law enforcement and judicial figures in the past five years.
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Wang Dawei, 57, who is a vice-governor of Liaoning province as well as the head of its police department, is under investigation for serious violations of party discipline and law, usually a euphemism for corruption, according to an announcement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervision Commission (NSC).
Liaoning has been mired in a series of scandals in recent years and both Wang’s predecessors as police chief have also been accused of corruption.
The nationwide anti-corruption drive triggered by President Xi Jinping has also seen at least 11 senior officials from the police and judicial system being placed under investigation or jailed since 2017.
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These include the former Interpol president Meng Hongwei, former vice-minister of public security Sun Lijun, former justice minister Fu Zhenghua and Deng Huilin and Gong Daoan, the former chiefs of police in Chongqing and Shanghai.
Wang’s two predecessors as Liaoning police chief – Li Wenxi and Xue Heng – have also been detained and are currently awaiting trial on corruption charges.
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