Sun Lijun

Sun Lijun (Chinese: 孙力军; born January 1969) is a former Chinese politician. He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in April 2020.[1] Previously he served as Deputy Minister of Public Security and vice-president of the China Law Society.[2] Prior to that, he served as director of the First Bureau, managing the People's Liberation Army of state agents while handling domestic political security and Hong Kong's security affairs.[3] And he served as the ministry's director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office and a deputy director of the 610 Office, which was in charge of suppressing Falun Gong practitioners.[3] Sun became the second official at provincial or ministerial level to be investigated by the anti-corruption watchdog in 2020, after Zhang Zhinan, former vice governor of east China's Fujian province.[4]

Sun Lijun
孙力军
Deputy Minister of Public Security
In office
March 28, 2018 – 18 April 2020
MinisterZhao Kezhi
Personal details
BornJanuary 1969 (age 52)
Qingdao, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孫力軍
Simplified Chinese孙力军
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Career

Sun was born in Qingdao, Shandong in January 1969. He entered the workforce in September 1988, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1997. He successively served as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai People's Government, deputy director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, director of the 26th Bureau of the First Bureau, deputy director of the 610 Office of the Central Committee, director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of the Ministry of Public Security.[5] On March 28, 2018, he was promoted to become deputy minister and a member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security.[6] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he went to Wuhan to supervise the epidemic prevention and control work as a member of the Central Leading Group for Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak.

Downfall

On April 19, 2020, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[7] His colleague, Meng Hongwei, was sacked for graft in October 2018.[8][3][9] Exiled tycoon Guo Wengui said both Sun and Meng Hongwei belong to a group known informally as the "Shanghai clique", led by Xi Jinping's political rival, former President Jiang Zemin.[10]

References
  1. Cissy Zhou (19 April 2020). "China's deputy public security minister faces corruption probe for 'serious violations of discipline and the law'". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. Bill Gertz (19 April 2020). "Senior Chinese security official under investigation". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. Joyce Huang (20 April 2020). "China's Vice Minister of Public Security Arrested in Corruption Probe". voanews.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. Cao Yin (20 April 2020). "Sun Lijun becomes second provincial-level official to face probe". Chinadaily. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. Viswanatha, Aruna (2020-08-24). "New Details Revealed of RNC Fundraiser's Lobbying for China". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  6. 公安部领导班子新增两员：副部长许甘露、孙力军. sina (in Chinese). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. "China turfs Sun Lijun, ex-deputy public security minister". thestandard.com.hk. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  8. Chun Han Wong (20 April 2020). "China Reveals Probe of Another Top Law-Enforcement Official". wsj.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. Ding Mengshuo (丁梦硕) (20 April 2020). 财经：公安部副部长孙力军因何被查？. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. Joyce Huang (20 April 2020). "China's Vice Minister of Public Security Arrested in Corruption Probe". voanews.com. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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