Two senior officials in Shanghai have been dismissed from their
posts in the city's legislative body, the standing committee of the
municipal people's congress said Thursday.
Sun Luyi, a deputy secretary-general of the Communist Party of
China's (CPC) Shanghai Municipal Committee, was dismissed for
alleged "crimes", according to the committee.
Chen Chaoxian, head of Changning District government in downtown
Shanghai, was dismissed for "seriously violating discipline".
Sun and Chen, who are under investigation, had earlier been
stripped off their party and government posts.
The committee gave no further details of the allegations against
them, but earlier media reports said they were implicated for their
alleged roles in the city's social security fund scandal.
The central government has sent investigators to trace 3.2
billion yuan (US$407.6 million) that was siphoned off the Shanghai
pension fund for illicit loans and investments. Dozens of city
officials and business people, including Chen Liangyu, Secretary of
CPC's Shanghai Municipal Committee, have been sacked and put under
investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency December 1, 2006)