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Shanghai official probed for corruption, crimes
Shanghai Daily, September 9, 2013
Wang Jun
A senior Shanghai district official is under investigation for unspecified violation of Party disciplines, local disciplinary authorities announced via their Weibo microblog this morning.
Wang Jun, 53, vice director of Songjiang District in southwestern Shanghai, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China, the announcement said. Wang will also be sacked from his post upon approval by the municipal government, it said.
Initial investigation found Wang had severe violations of disciplines and laws. He will be handed over to the judicial department for criminal investigation, the announcement said.
Public information showed Wang holds a PhD of industrial economics from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. He was a Standing Committee member of the CPC Songjiang Committee and had been vice director of Songjiang since December 2006.
Wang was in charge of overseeing the district’s development and reform, state-owned assets, and the bureaus of finance, statistics and taxation.
