Chinese Top Public Security Official Placed Under Investigation

Residents wear face masks as they walk past volunteers manning a checkpoint at the entrance to an alley in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2020. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

A high-ranking public security official in China has been placed under internal investigation, though whether it has to do with Beijing’s handling of the CCP virus outbreak is unclear.

Sun Lijun, 51, a vice minister within China’s Ministry of Public Security, is suspected of “serious violations of Party discipline and the law,” according to an online announcement on April 19.