Ex-Police Chief Held for Murder Said to Be Linked to Graft Case

(Beijing) – Zhao Liping, the former police chief of the Inner Mongolia region who has been detained over murder allegations, is believed to be a key figure in a corruption case dating back five years.

Zhao, the 64-year-old retired chief of the Inner Mongolia Public Security Bureau and a deputy chairman on the region's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference committee, was arrested on March 20 on charges he killed a 28-year-old woman.