Violation of party discipline in the CPC parlance meant charges including corruption.
his is the first high-profile case since the CPC's last month's Congress which endorsed a second five-year term for Xi, 64, elevating him as the most powerful leader after the CPC founder Mao Zedong.
A former publicity Czar of the ruling CPC and a key official in implementing Chinese President Xi Jingping’s cybersecurity policy is being probed for “severe discipline violations”, the party’s anti-corruption agency has announced. Lu Wei, former vice-chief of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is under probe, a statement released by the party’s Commission for Discipline Inspection (CDI) said.
Lu, 57, who was also the cyberspace administration chief, “severely violated Party discipline”, the statement said without disclosing details. Violation of party discipline in the CPC parlance meant charges including corruption, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
( Source : PTI )
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