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ADVERTISEMENTS featuring photographs taken by a Henan Province official now under investigation are being removed from Shanghai Metro stations.
The scenic pictures of Henan’s Yuntai Mountain were taken by Qin Yuhai, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial People’s Congress.
Qin is an award-winning amateur photographer and a council member of the China Photographers Association, whose work has been published.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced on Sunday an investigation into Qin, who is said to be involved in “serious violations of discipline and law.”
His works had been put up in advertisements in some Metro stations in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangdong to promote scenic spots in the central China province.
Shanghai Metro operator Shentong said yesterday that they were removing the ads to avoid controversy.
Light box advertisements featuring Qin’s works were on display at a number of Metro stations, including Line 7’s Yuntai Road station.
Shentong officials said these are gradually being taken down.
Ads featuring Qin’s photographs are also being removed from Beijing’s subway network.
Qin’s photographs promoting Yuntai Mountain tourism were bought by the scenic spot’s management office.
The office declined to state whether Qin was paid for his pictures when asked by Shanghai-based Youth Daily.
According to the company that manages advertisements in Shanghai’s Metro network, a commercial light box costs between 38,000 yuan (US$6,190) to 108,000 yuan per month depending on the station.
Qin is the latest in a line of officials involved in recent central government discipline investigations.
Inscriptions or other calligraphy linked to an official embroiled in a corruption case tend to be removed.
In July, the Communist Party of China announced a probe into Zhou Yongkang, a former Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Party’s Central Committee — the highest-ranking official so far named.
Two weeks later, an inscription plaque by Zhou at the China University of Petroleum — where the official studied — was removed from a wall there.
Zhou gave it as a gift marking the university’s 60th anniversary in 2013.
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