2 Police Chiefs in China’s Jiangxi Province Arrested on Corruption Charges

Police walk sniffer dogs outside the Great Hall of the People during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 15, 2018. Thomas Peter/Reuters

The heads of two local police stations in southern China’s Jiangxi Province were arrested Feb. 11 on suspicion of corruption.

The first suspect, Chen Yunnan, was chief of Tonggu County’s Public Security Bureau and is a former deputy mayor of Jiangxi’s Tonggu County. The other, Liu Jun, was police chief of Yihuang County; he also previously served as the county’s deputy mayor and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary. Both were charged with accepting bribes.