Official in China’s Inner Mongolia Falls to His Death Amid Local Corruption Probes
Deputy mayor Wang Meibin of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia fell to his death on Dec. 12, a few days after local officials were placed under investigation amid a corruption probe into the region’s coal mining industry, according to Chinese media reports.
Wang reportedly “fell from his home” in the Ejin Horo Banner of Ordos city in Inner Mongolia and local authorities have ruled out homicide, according to state-run media Xinhua.
Wang, 51, was a native of Ordos. Before he was deputy mayor of Baotou, Wang held important posts in the municipal government of Ordos, including deputy director of the State-owned Assets and Administration Commission (SASAC), director of the Finance Bureau, and Chinese Communist Party chief of the Ejin Horo Banner, according to official records.