On February 18 and 19 the CCDIC announced the expulsions from the CCP of Xue Heng,
former Deputy Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Political Consultative
Conference for, among other things, selling posts and interfering in judicial activities; Sun Yun,
former Deputy Secretary-General of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and member
of the Party Group of the General Office for, among other things, "illegally flying first class,
business class, and receiving gifts"; and Lu Shicheng, former member of the Party Group and
Deputy Director of the Tibet Autonomous Region Education Department; among other things
for playing mahjong , mistresses etc. It announced that the following officials had been placed
under investigation for corruption including other violations of Party discipline: Bai Hao, the
former Deputy Head of the Jiangjin District Government of Chongqing and the former Director
of the District Public Security Bureau; Wang Shunsheng, the former Vice Chairman of the
Zhengzhou Political Consultative Conference; Wu Weihua, a member of the Party Group and
Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Geological Bureau, for "suspected serious violations of discipline and law"; and Li Guohua, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group
and General Manager of China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd., who has
accepted the review and investigation of the CDIC and the State Supervision Commission.
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