After being kept in custody for several months, Anhui Deputy Governor He 
Minxu has had his Party membership revoked and been sacked from his post for 
taking bribes and abusing his powers. 
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of 
China found He guilty of taking bribes worth several million yuan, Anhui Daily 
reported yesterday. 
 
 
   He Minxu. [file]
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According to the newspaper, He abused his powers by offering cheap land use, 
tax cuts and job promotions to people who paid him bribes. 
He was also alleged to live a "villainous life," it said. 
"He is suspected crimes will be handled by judicial organizations," said the 
paper. 
He is one of the latest corrupt high-ranking officials to be unveiled during 
this year's anti-corruption campaign. 
In late September, Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Chen Liangyu was sacked 
for channelling pension funds into illegal investments and helping enrich crony 
companies and his relatives. 
The latest scandal involves the alleged illicit investment of at least a 
third of the city's 10-billion-yuan (US$1.2 billion) social security fund in 
potentially risky real estate and road projects, reports said. 
In a bid to tighten discipline over officials, particularly those in leading 
positions, the central government issued a rule in August requiring officials to 
report personal matters, including all property transactions and developments by 
them or their immediate family members. 
The rule bans officials from holding posts that control or supervise an 
industry or enterprise in which their family members hold shares, reports said. 
Earlier this year, the State Council and the Party's discipline body 
announced that clamping down on commercial bribery would be the focus of 
anti-corruption efforts for some time to come. 
Gong Weibin, a scholar with the National School of Administration, said that 
the ongoing anti-graft campaign has revealed the challenges the Party is facing 
as it goes through a crucial period of social development. 
"Corruption is not indigenous to China. It also afflicts developed countries, 
and sometimes leads to the downfall of governments," said Gong in a recent 
interview with the Xinhua News Agency. 
"It's necessary to take an iron fist and crack corruption, otherwise the 
Party might lose public support or even the support of ordinary Party 
members."