Oct 23, 2023 06:37 PM

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Former Chief Tobacco Regulator Targeted in Graft Probe

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What’s new: Ling Chengxing, the former head of China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) is being investigated for “serious violations of discipline and law” by the country’s top anti-graft agencies, authorities said Monday.

Ling, director of the STMA from 2013 to 2018, is the latest and highest-ranking tobacco industry official caught up in the country’s sweeping corruption crackdown which has been underway for nearly two years.

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