HONG KONG: A top official in China’s prosperous Guangdong province is being investigated for “serious discipline violations”, which is often a euphemism for corruption, state media said yesterday.
The official, Cao Jianliao, is vice mayor of Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, and Communist Party chief of Zengcheng, a built-up district on the southern fringes of Guangzhou, the Xinhua news agency said.
If the investigation is over suspected corruption, Cao would be one of the most senior officials in Guangdong to be caught up in a campaign against graft since Hu Chunhua, a high-flying official tipped as a future national leader, became the province’s party chief last December. Reuters
