Two cases in six months: the deputy director of Inner Mongolia Culture and Tourism Department hanged himself

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region police informed this Wednesday (19) that Li Xiaoqiu, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Department of Culture and Tourism and a Mongolian, hanged himself in the Inner Mongolia Library building on West Street in Ulanqab, leaving a suicide note at the scene. Six months ago, the deputy mayor of Baotou fell to his death at home. The fall of senior officials in Inner Mongolia has frequently caused concern.

Li Xiaoqiu (Mongolian), deputy director of Inner Mongolia’s Department of Culture and Tourism.

Inner Mongolia’s capital Hohhot Saihan District Public Security Bureau published a notice this Wednesday (19), May 17, 18:18, received the city Public Security Bureau 110 alarm desk instructions, in Ulanqab West Street, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Library building, a man died. Branch quickly organized police forces arrived at the scene for disposal. The scene investigation and investigation confirmed that the deceased Li Xiaoqiu, male, born in August 1964, the Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Culture and Tourism Department, a member of the party group, deputy director. The scene left a suicide note, ruling out homicide, the Department of self-hanging death. Related aftercare work is underway.

Although the Inner Mongolia police announced that Mongolian Li Xiaoqiu died of self-harm, but did not disclose the contents of the suicide note, the official media also did not make further reports, overseas Mongolian Azhcha told this station in Tokyo, Japan, the same day, he felt that the matter is a little strange:.

“The general situation in Inner Mongolia now is, I heard, one is to replace a few senior officials. Those who were officials before, that is, from the previous years, both public security, and government agencies are to be replaced, and in the process of replacement, almost all those who stepped down are to be arrested. In previous years, 60% or 70% of those who stepped down were arrested.”

Li Xiaoqiu only appeared publicly at the end of last month

The 58-year-old Li Xiaoqiu’s most recent public appearance was on April 24 when he attended an exchange forum for cultural and art workers in Foshan, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. At the meeting, Li introduced the basic overview of Inner Mongolia’s cultural and tourism resources, the development history, current situation and spiritual core of Inner Mongolia Ulanmu Riding. Previously, Li Xiaoqiu attended public events on April 20 and 15, the contents of which were related to Mongolian culture.

Yang Haiying, a professor at Shizuoka University in Japan, told the station that Li Xiaoqiu’s death by hanging himself was not a simple event. He said.

“It definitely has more to do with the current political environment in Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia is now going down this road to a second Xinjiang. They have vocational skills training centers in Xinjiang and they keep Uyghurs in them. The name of Inner Mongolia is a little bit different from Xinjiang, he called the political learning center.”

Eleven days ago, Li Xiaoqiu also attended a reading class. (Public Domain)

Inner Mongolia has a closed “political training center”

Yang Haiying said that after last October, authorities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region set up a number of “political learning training centers” in the region, sending Mongolian cadres to the centers for closed political education, sparking discontent. He said.

“The cadres at all levels, including teachers and civil servants, are being brought together for political studies. I even called two days ago to ask people my friends know and they are all still in the political training center. So I guess he (Li Xiaoqiu) can’t pass the political performance, and will check his accounts and his financial problems. I guess he thought he could not pass.”

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Culture and Tourism Department official website, Li Xiaoqiu, male, Mongolian ethnicity joined the Communist Party of China in November 1987, undergraduate degree, bachelor’s degree research librarian. Now serves as a member of the party group, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism. Assist the director in charge of the Personnel Division, Art Division, Public Service Division, Science and Technology Education Division, Foreign Exchange and Cooperation Division.

This is the second unnatural death of a government official in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in six months. On December 12 last year, Wang Meibin, deputy mayor of Baotou, fell to his death from his home in Ordos, and police ruled out the possibility of a criminal case. At the time, Inner Mongolia was investigating irregularities in the coal industry, so Wang Meibin’s death by falling from a building sparked a hot debate.