Provincial Energy Official Caught in China’s Coal Industry Corruption Crackdown

What’s new: Chinese graft busters have launched an investigation into Wang Maosheng, a deputy chief of the energy bureau in North China’s Shanxi province, as the country deepens its corruption clampdown in the coal industry, authorities announced.

Wang, deputy director of Shanxi Provincial Energy Administration (SPEA) and a former executive of multiple state-owned coal companies, is being probed by the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection for “serious violations of law and discipline,” according to a Wednesday statement. The phrase is a common euphemism for corruption.