Party fires ex-head of statistics bureau
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THE “morally bankrupt” former head of China’s statistics bureau, responsible for calculating the country’s economic figures, has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for actions including “superstitious activities” and “insatiably” trading power for sex, a Party watchdog said yesterday.
Wang Baoan headed the National Bureau of Statistics until January, when an inquiry into him was announced just hours after he spoke at a press conference in Beijing on China’s economy.
In a statement on its website, the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, its internal anti-corruption watchdog, said it had found Wang “completely lacks political beliefs.”
He had “chronically engaged in superstitious activities, seriously violated political discipline and political rules, and in major issues had expressed views contrary to the CPC Central Committee,”it said.
Wang is among the latest officials to fall to the anti-corruption drive under President Xi Jinping, with its highest-profile target the former security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was sentenced to life in prison.
The anti-graft campaign has been accompanied by an expansion of the rules governing apparatchiks’ behavior, including strict admonitions against publicly breaking Party discipline.
The CCDI statement said Wang was “morally bankrupt” and that his offences included frequenting luxury hotels, indulging in expensive entertainment, and exploiting his position for sexual favors.
“Wang accepted gifts and money and used his influence to seek benefits and business conveniences for relatives and others, and is suspected of having committed bribery,” it said.
The Party decided to expel Wang due to his “serious violations” of its discipline, it said, adding that his case would be sent to judicial authorities.
Once announced, they are likely to lead to a sacking followed by criminal prosecution, conviction, and a prison sentence.
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