Former Beijing official expelled from Party after graft probe
By Zhang Yi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-11 15:08
Li Wei, former vice-chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from public office for serious violations of Party discipline and laws, the country’s top anti-graft watchdogs said on Monday.
Investigations found Li was suspected of taking bribes, according to a statement by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
He was found to have used his post to help others profit from real estate development and construction and fire-control projects in return for large amounts of money and property, the statement said.
Li also accepted invitations to banquets that may have affected the impartiality of his performance of his official duties, failed to report personal matters to the Party as required and illegally engaged in profit-making activities and owning shares in an unlisted company, according to the statement.
He didn’t stop his illegal deeds after the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, when the country launched a sweeping anti-graft campaign, and his actions had a severe influence and should be dealt with seriously, the watchdogs said.
His illegal gains were confiscated and his suspected crimes have been transferred to the procuratorial organs for prosecution, according to the statement.
Li, 58, became secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government in 2013 and vice-chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPPCC in 2018.
