China's corruption watchdog probing emergency management minister

Jan 31 (Reuters) - China's ⁠minister of ⁠emergency ‍management, Wang Xiangxi, is being investigated for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law," a ‍common euphemism for corruption, the anti-graft watchdog said ​on Saturday as a purge of senior officials continues.

The ​Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not provide details in its statement on Wang, a Communist Party secretary. It is relatively ​rare for a sitting minister to undergo investigation.

In President Xi Jinping’s years-long corruption purge, the ​defence ministry announced last week it was investigating the nation's top ‌general, Zhang Youxia, who is second only to Xi in the military leadership.

Xi said this ​month that anti-corruption is a ⁠battle China must not lose, following a record 65 probes into high-ranking officials ‌last year, while scrutiny has expanded to former leaders of universities and state-owned enterprises.

Wang, 63, took office in ‌July 2022, after serving as chairman of state-owned power generator ‌National Energy Investment Corp.

He appeared on Tuesday, speaking at a regular internal meeting where cadres engage in self-criticism, according to ‍an official release from the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The corruption watchdog announced an ⁠investigation into Sun Shaocheng, the former Party secretary of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to state-owned media China Daily.

(Reporting by David Kirton in Shenzhen, China; Editing by William Mallard)

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