
Screenshot from the Mudanjiang City Public Security Bureau official Weibo account
Mudanjiang, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, was once named one of the country’s top 10 livable cities, with green hills in the summer that are blanketed with powdery snow in winter.
But this charm wasn’t enough for one former official.
Cheng Peng, former vice secretary of the Mudanjiang city government, has apparently fled town after hearing that he is wanted for “duty-related crimes” — aka corruption.
But Cheng hasn’t been heard from since Feb. 26, and police suspect he has hightailed it out of town.
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