BEIJING: China has arrested its former agriculture minister and social gathering secretary Tang Renjian for suspected bribery, the nation’s prime prosecutor stated on Tuesday, the newest official caught up in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crackdown.
“Just lately, the Supreme Individuals’s Procuratorate made an arrest determination on Tang Renjian on suspicion of taking bribes in accordance with the legislation,” the Supreme Individuals’s Procuratorate stated in an announcement.
The case, which has been concluded by the Nationwide Supervisory Fee, is being additional processed.
Tang’s downfall was unusually swift and comes amid Xi’s sweeping anti-graft marketing campaign which has additionally focused former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe.
The 62-year-old Tang was faraway from the management roster of the ministry’s web site in Could and expelled from the Communist Celebration six months later.
State media have reported that Tang was discovered to have accepted presents and cash in violation of rules, utilizing his authority to offer help to his family’ enterprise actions, and interfering in judicial actions.
Tang was final publicly seen three days earlier than he was investigated whereas in workplace, the Beijing Each day reported.
Tang was governor of the western province of Gansu from 2017 to 2020 earlier than being named minister of agriculture and rural affairs, based on official biographies.
As minister, Tang was liable for strengthening the nation’s meals safety insurance policies, and had rolled out using genetically-modified crops and a meals safety legislation.
