Two Shanxi Officials with Troubled Pasts Now Graft Suspects Themselves

(Beijing) – Two senior officials in Shanxi Province who have had brushes with corruption investigations in the past have themselves fallen afoul of the Communist Party's graft fighter as a scandal in the coal-rich northern province expands.

The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) said on August 29 that an inquiry had been launched into Bai Yun, a member of the provincial party standing committee. In 2012, she turned over 20 million yuan to the government after a scandal involving a property developer came to light.