China’s Former Justice Minister Under Graft Probe Into His Ties with Evergrande

China’s former Justice Minister Tang Yijun is under investigation for corruption. Although the top anti-graft agency didn’t disclose the reason for the probe in a one-sentence statement Tuesday, Tang’s controversial involvement with fallen real estate giant China Evergrande Group while he was the governor of Liaoning province raised attention.

Before being made Justice Minister in 2020, Tang worked in the eastern province of Zhejiang for nearly four decades, with 12 years spent in the coastal city of Ningbo, followed by a nearly three-year stint in Northeast China’s Liaoning province as deputy provincial party chief and governor. The investigation may be related to his time in Ningbo and Liaoning, Caixin learned from multiple sources.