Heilongjiang Officer Nabbed in Graft Crackdown

(Beijing) – A senior public security official close to Ling Jihua, a disgraced former vice chairman of the country's top political advisory body, has been placed under investigation in China's far northeast, a source has told Caixin.

Gu Yuanxu, the public security department deputy chief in Heilongjiang Province, was taken away by authorities from Beijing after state media reported December 22 that the Communist Party's graft fighters had targeted Ling, the source said. Ling had served on the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.