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China Probing Former Tianjin Port Chairman for Graft

June 14, 2017

File photo: Tianjin Port Group
File photo: Tianjin Port Group
The former chairman of Tianjin Port Group Yu Rumin is being investigated over possible graft, China's top prosecutor said in a statement on Wednesday.
 
Yu is suspected of taking bribes, the prosecutor said without giving further details, adding that the investigation was in progress.
 
Yu, who was detained by the anti-corruption watchdog on May 21, was chairman of the Tianjin Port until 2013 when he retirement.


(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Michael Perry)

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