Nanjing Party Boss Latest to Run Afoul of Corruption Busters

(Beijing) – The Communist Party chief of Nanjing has been placed under investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC), the party's anti-graft watchdog said on its website on January 4.

Yang Weize, 53, was taken from the major coastal city via train by investigators from outside the area, a source close to the situation said.

Yang is the sixth party chief of a provincial capital and the eighth alternate member of the party's Central Committee to be probed by graft fighters since party General Secretary Xi Jinping launched a campaign against graft shortly after taking power in late 2012.