Google – AFP, 30 January 2014
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The mayor
of the Chinese city of Nanjing, Ji Jianye, attends a groundbreaking
ceremony
for Nanjing Yangtze River International Shipping and Logistics Service
Centre
in Nanjing, on July 13, 2013 (AFP/File)
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Beijing —
The former mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing has been expelled from the
Communist Party, its main disciplinary organ said Thursday.
Ji Jianye
was found to have "received a huge amount of money and gifts either by
himself or through his family members", the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement posted on its website.
It added
that the former mayor was deemed "morally corrupt".
Ji -- who
earned the nickname "Bulldozer Ji" for his promotion of construction
projects in the city of eight million -- was sacked in October for
"suspected serious disciplinary violations".
The term
typically refers to the corruption that has become endemic in China.
A
state-backed newspaper said at the time that he was investigated over economic
corruption and construction projects, quoting sources as saying he awarded
projects to a company he was connected to.
In China,
expulsion from the ruling party is normally a precursor to criminal charges.
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