Top China leader fired for graft;
Political Power Struggle
The most senior Chinese Communist Party official in Shanghai has been sacked for corruption, state media reported.
Party secretary Chen Liangyu was dismissed after a high-level probe into alleged misuse of the city's pension fund, Xinhua news agency said. He has also been suspended from the Politburo, the party's top leadership council. Mr Chen is the most senior official to be sacked since President Hu Jintao became party secretary in 2002.
Speculation over Chen Liangyu's political future has swirled since August, when his former secretary Qin Yu was removed from his post as a district governor for his alleged part in the scandal.
The sacking of Chen Liangyu comes ahead of the key Communist Party Congress later this year when President Hu Jintao will be hoping to consolidate his leadership.
Party secretary Chen Liangyu was dismissed after a high-level probe into alleged misuse of the city's pension fund, Xinhua news agency said. He has also been suspended from the Politburo, the party's top leadership council. Mr Chen is the most senior official to be sacked since President Hu Jintao became party secretary in 2002.
Speculation over Chen Liangyu's political future has swirled since August, when his former secretary Qin Yu was removed from his post as a district governor for his alleged part in the scandal.
The sacking of Chen Liangyu comes ahead of the key Communist Party Congress later this year when President Hu Jintao will be hoping to consolidate his leadership.
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