Vice Chair of China’s Xinjiang Government Arrested on Corruption Charges

Vice Chair of China’s Xinjiang Government Arrested on Corruption Charges
Chinese police seal off the road leading to the Urumqi Intermediate People's court in Urumqi, farwest China's Xinjiang region on September 17, 2014. GOH CHAI HIN/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top prosecutor’s office announced on Dec. 16 that Ren Hua, former vice chairwoman of the Xinjiang government, was arrested and would be prosecuted on bribery charges.

Ren has held many important positions in Xinjiang and worked with three other former high-ranking officials who have been arrested for corruption.