Provinces Continue to Separate Leadership of Police, Law Committees

(Beijing) – The head of a key Communist Party legal affairs committee in Hunan has stepped down as the central province's police chief, continuing a nationwide trend that sees the two posts held by different people.

Sun Jianguo resigned as Hunan's police chief, but stayed on as head of the province's politics and law committee, China Police Daily reported on June 23. That committee oversees the police, courts and prosecutors for the entire province.