The former Communist Party chief in the province where the Covid-19 outbreak first emerged has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption.
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Jiang Chaoliang was removed as Hubei party chief in February 2020 as the central government responded to public anger over what was seen as the botched handling of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, the provincial capital.
Jiang, 67, has since been made deputy head of the national legislature’s agricultural and social affairs committees, but on Friday two leading anti-corruption watchdogs announced he had been placed under investigation for “suspected violations of party discipline and law”.
He is the latest former provincial Communist Party chief to be snared in the country’s ongoing anti-corruption drive.
Last year former Tibet party boss Wu Yingjie and Luo Baoming, who held the equivalent role in Hainan, were also placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party’s top anti-corruption body.
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Last month it also emerged that Qizhala, the former chairman of the Tibet autonomous region, was under investigation by graft-busters.