Gong Dao’an, former vice mayor of Shanghai and former party secretary and director of the city’s Public Security Bureau, was doubly fired on October 10 after an inspection team of the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection named and criticized the Public Security Ministry for its failure to purge residual poison. Gong was a close associate of Meng Jianzhu, the former secretary of the CCP’s Political and Legal Committee. Recently, the Communist Party’s public security system has been purged one after another, targeting Meng Jianzhu.
On February 8, the Leading Group of Inspection Work of the CPC centrally released the feedback of the sixth round of inspection of the 19th Central Committee. The inspection team of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection named and criticized that the Ministry of Public Security was not in place to purge the residual poison, and named Zhou Yongkang, Meng Hongwei and Sun Lijun.
Zhou Yongkang, former secretary of the CCP’s Political and Legal Committee, was sentenced to Life imprisonment in 2015 for bribery, abuse of power, and intentional disclosure of state secrets; Meng Hongwei, former member of the Party Committee and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, was sentenced to 13 and a half years in January 2020 for bribery; and Sun Lijun, former member of the Party Committee and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, fell from power on April 19, 2020.
However, the central inspection team this Time named in the feedback, Sun Lijun after the accident of Chongqing Public Security Director Deng恢林, Shanghai Public Security Director Gong Daoan, and not mentioned.
On February 10, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection State Supervision Commission website issued a notice that Gong Daoan serious disciplinary violations of the law was dismissed from the party and public office. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection conducted a file review and investigation into Gong Daogan’s serious disciplinary violations.
According to the notice, Gong Daoan in the party to engage in large gangs, causing bad political influence; long-term acceptance of banquets that may affect the impartial execution of official duties, the illegal use of public vehicles; in the selection and appointment of cadres in violation of the work for the benefit of others, using the convenience of his position for the benefit of his relatives in business activities; engage in power and money transactions, using the convenience of his position in business operations, engineering contracts for the benefit of others, and illegally received a large amount of money and property.
Gong Daogan, 56, a native of Li County, Hunan Province, served as vice mayor of Shanghai, secretary of the party committee, director and inspector general of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and president of the Shanghai Public Security Academy before his fall.
Gong Daogan graduated from the Hubei Provincial Police School (now Hubei Police Academy) with a degree in criminal investigation, after which he served as a criminal police officer in Public Security County, Hubei Province, and then rose to become a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau in Xianning, Hubei Province. in November 2010, he became Deputy Director of the 12th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and in October 2012, he became Director of the 12th Bureau, and since June 2017, he has been Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau , Inspector General, President of Shanghai Public Security Academy, and Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal Government in January 2018.
Gong Daogan is a former member of Meng Jianzhu, the former Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Communist Party of China. During Meng Jianzhu’s tenure as Minister of Public Security of the CPC from 2007 to 2012, Gong Daogan served as Deputy Director and Director of the 12th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security from November 2010.
On August 18, 2020, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced that Gong Daogan was “suspected of serious disciplinary violations” and was currently under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the CCDI State Supervision Commission.
Gong is the highest-ranking official to fall since the 19th CPC National Congress; he is also the first tiger to fall in Shanghai after the 19th CPC National Congress.
The 12th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, also known as the Bureau of Operational Technology, was formerly known as the Bureau of Technical Investigation, whose function is to provide technical support to other police departments, including tracking, listening and positioning.
The 12th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security is one of the most powerful departments in the Ministry of Public Security, and was once a frequent eavesdropping force of the CCDI.
In the past year, the public security system has been purged one after another, targeting Meng Jianzhu, the former secretary of the Communist Party’s Political and Legal Committee.
In the same period when many of his inner circle were in trouble, Meng Jianzhu was also rumored to have been arrested. Sources said that Meng was “seriously ill in hospital” and was closely monitored by the authorities, restricting his freedom and nailing the doors and windows shut to prevent him from committing suicide, just like when Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the military commission, was locked up in the military’s 301 hospital until his death. However, Meng Jianzhu was present at last year’s “Eleventh Anniversary” reception of the Chinese Communist Party.
Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have started preparations for the 20th National Congress, and the battle for power within the CCP has already begun.
The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection team on the 8th again criticized the Ministry of Public Security for not purging the residual poison in place, and named Zhou Yongkang, Meng Hongwei and Sun Lijun. The commentator Wei Jin analyzed that the so-called “residual poison” is actually not only for Zhou Yongkang, the “residual poison” of such “dead tigers”, but also for Meng Jianzhu, who is half dead. The “big tiger” of the poison.
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