Probe Targets Hebei Official with Shanxi Roots

(Beijing) — Liang Bin, a member of the Communist Party's standing committee in Hebei Province and a former deputy governor in neighboring Shanxi Province, is the latest high-profile official caught up in a nationwide corruption probe.

Sources told Caixin that Liang is closely connected to several previously ousted Shanxi officials including Shen Weichen, the former party secretary of the city of Taiyuan, and Bai Yun, a member of the provincial party standing committee. Shen and Bai are among dozens of former Shanxi officials under investigation for graft.