Aug 27, 2014 05:52 PM

Retired NDRC Pricing Official 'Detained at Beijing Airport'

By staff reporters Wang Xiaobing and Yu Ning

(Beijing) – A former senior official in charge of utility pricing at China's top economic planner was detained shortly after retiring at the capital's international airport, sources close to the matter said.

Cao Changqing, former director of the pricing department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), was detained around August 24 at Beijing Capital International Airport, sources said. Cao retired in May. It was unclear who detained him.

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