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No. 2 police officer held in Chongqing crackdown
The No. 2 police officer in Chongqing has been detained and placed under investigation as part of a sweeping clampdown on triads that has brought down hundreds of officers in recent months, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
The No. 2 police officer in Chongqing has been detained and placed under investigation as part of a sweeping clampdown on triads that has brought down hundreds of officers in recent months, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
According to the Beijing-friendly newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Peng Changjian , deputy head of the municipality’s Public Security Bureau, was taken away by the Communist Party’s top graft-busters and immediately put under shuanggui - a form of party discipline - while he was in a meeting on Friday.
Media reports called Peng another “protective umbrella” for two of the city’s billionaire triad bosses, Chen Mingliang and Ma Dang , although an official stressed Peng was at this point only being considered a “serious violator of discipline and law”.
Peng joined Wen Qiang , the Justice Bureau chief and former standing deputy chief of Chongqing police, in the detention centre while the investigation continues.
“The problem concerning Peng is mainly the huge amount of bribes he took during his tenure as the chief of the Public Security Bureau in Yuzhong district,” a person familiar with Chongqing’s underground scene said yesterday. “Of course, the relationship between Peng and the heads of the triads in Yuzhong district, including Chen and Ma, was very close.”
Under the protection of top police officials, Ma owned an underground casino on the 13th floor of a hotel in Yuzhong which he bought from a Hong Kong businessman years ago.
As the second-largest stakeholder, Chen was in charge of the daily operation of the casino and a well-known nightclub in the same complex, the person said.
“Besides the nightclub, the duo made an astronomical fortune from the casino. Millions of yuan in bets were placed there every day,” he said. Many of the regular patrons were “local businessmen or someone introduced by them”.
Wen played a role in promoting Peng to deputy head of the municipality’s police force in 2005, the person said. Apart from taking bribes, Peng was apparently far less involved in mafia-like activities than Wen.
An official in Chongqing, who knew about Peng’s detention but declined to be named, said: “Peng was taken away at 11am on Friday.”
He also contradicted media reports on the offence Peng was suspected of. “Instead of any accusation of being a so-called protective umbrella for the underworld, Peng was labelled as only a ‘serious violator of discipline and law’ at this stage of the investigation.”
Wen, who served as deputy head of the Chongqing police for 16 years before being transferred to lead the municipality’s Justice Bureau last summer, was found to have assets worth about 100 million yuan (HK$113.6 million), including eight properties and 38 million yuan in cash and gold.
Two other mid-level Chongqing officials were also reportedly put under shuanggui last week - Dr Mao Jianping , deputy chief procurator at the Chongqing Municipal Procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui , deputy head of the Beibei district government.
According to media reports, Mao had a strong reputation in the procuratorate circle across the country.
Zhao was apparently detained due to a controversial land purchase in his district.
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No. 2 police officer held in Chongqing crackdown
Choi Chi-yuk
07 September 2009
The No. 2 police officer in Chongqing has been detained and placed under investigation as part of a sweeping clampdown on triads that has brought down hundreds of officers in recent months, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
According to the Beijing-friendly newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Peng Changjian , deputy head of the municipality’s Public Security Bureau, was taken away by the Communist Party’s top graft-busters and immediately put under shuanggui - a form of party discipline - while he was in a meeting on Friday.
Media reports called Peng another “protective umbrella” for two of the city’s billionaire triad bosses, Chen Mingliang and Ma Dang , although an official stressed Peng was at this point only being considered a “serious violator of discipline and law”.
Peng joined Wen Qiang , the Justice Bureau chief and former standing deputy chief of Chongqing police, in the detention centre while the investigation continues.
“The problem concerning Peng is mainly the huge amount of bribes he took during his tenure as the chief of the Public Security Bureau in Yuzhong district,” a person familiar with Chongqing’s underground scene said yesterday. “Of course, the relationship between Peng and the heads of the triads in Yuzhong district, including Chen and Ma, was very close.”
Under the protection of top police officials, Ma owned an underground casino on the 13th floor of a hotel in Yuzhong which he bought from a Hong Kong businessman years ago.
As the second-largest stakeholder, Chen was in charge of the daily operation of the casino and a well-known nightclub in the same complex, the person said.
“Besides the nightclub, the duo made an astronomical fortune from the casino. Millions of yuan in bets were placed there every day,” he said. Many of the regular patrons were “local businessmen or someone introduced by them”.
Wen played a role in promoting Peng to deputy head of the municipality’s police force in 2005, the person said. Apart from taking bribes, Peng was apparently far less involved in mafia-like activities than Wen.
An official in Chongqing, who knew about Peng’s detention but declined to be named, said: “Peng was taken away at 11am on Friday.”
He also contradicted media reports on the offence Peng was suspected of. “Instead of any accusation of being a so-called protective umbrella for the underworld, Peng was labelled as only a ‘serious violator of discipline and law’ at this stage of the investigation.”
Wen, who served as deputy head of the Chongqing police for 16 years before being transferred to lead the municipality’s Justice Bureau last summer, was found to have assets worth about 100 million yuan (HK$113.6 million), including eight properties and 38 million yuan in cash and gold.
Two other mid-level Chongqing officials were also reportedly put under shuanggui last week - Dr Mao Jianping , deputy chief procurator at the Chongqing Municipal Procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui , deputy head of the Beibei district government.
According to media reports, Mao had a strong reputation in the procuratorate circle across the country.
Zhao was apparently detained due to a controversial land purchase in his district.
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