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The National People's Congress (NPC), China's highest legislative
body, announced to remove a deputy accused of bribery on Friday.
A
bulletin issued by the Ninth NPC Standing Committee in Beijing
Friday said that, in accordance with China's election laws, the
eligibility of Li Hezhong, the deputy in question, has been
terminated due to bribery charges.
Li
was a former deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee
under the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC). He had also served as Party secretary of Tongling City
and as mayor of Fuyang City, both in central China's Anhui
Province.
Prior to Friday's final decision by the NPC, the Provincial
People's Congress of Anhui adopted a decision on Jan. 11 canceling
his eligibility as an NPC deputy.
(Xinhua News Agency March 1, 2003)
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