Fight against corruption in China: Fu Zhenghua, former Minister of Justice, arrested

Fu Zhenghua, is pictured during a meeting in Beijing, China January 17, 2011, when he was head of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

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Fu Zhenghua's arrest follows an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The former justice minister had previously been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and public office.

He thus becomes the latest victim of the anti-corruption fight in China which spares neither the "

", that is to say, neither the big shots of the party, nor the smallest civil servant and even more. minus the potential competitors of Chinese number 1 Xi Jinping. 

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As the 20th Party Congress approaches, due to re-elect Xi for a third term in the fall, the great purge of his rivals continues.

Long cherished by state media, former rising star Fu Zhenghua now finds himself in the dock for accepting bribes and circumventing the law for personal gain.

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Heavy Hand

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However, the one who was deputy head of public security and Minister of Justice claimed to have "

" to apply the law.

He was also at the helm to bring down the "

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arrested in 2015 and since sentenced to life in prison. 

Today, it is Fu Zhenghua's turn to be accused of being part of a “political gang” disloyal to the party.

Xi Jinping announced it well in 2020: the police, prosecutors and judges must be "

".

Fourth ex-deputy security chief detained

Fu Zhenghua is already the fourth former Deputy Chief of Security held by the all-powerful Central Commission for Control and Discipline, the very one that allows Xi Jinping to reign supreme over the party.  

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