Peng Bo, former deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Preventing and Handling Cult Problems, was arrested

Beijing, 26 Aug (China News Service) -- China's Supreme People's Procuratorate reported on 26 August that Peng Bo, former deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for preventing and handling cult problems, was suspected of accepting bribes and was investigated by the State Supervision Commission and transferred to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution.

A few days ago, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Peng Bo on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law. The case is under further processing.

The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission previously reported that Peng Bo was expelled from the party for serious violations of discipline and the law. Peng Bo was accused of collapsing ideals and convictions, being disloyal to the party, deviating from the decision and deployment of the party Central Committee on waging a struggle for public opinion on the Internet, abandoning the management of the Internet front, using public instruments for private use, relying on the Internet to eat the Internet, resisting organizational censorship, and engaging in superstitious activities.

He was also accused of failing to report personal matters in accordance with regulations; having no bottom line of discipline and law, engaging in power and money transactions on a large scale to seek benefits for his relatives' business activities; taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in the operation of enterprises, and illegally accepting huge amounts of money and property.

According to public reports, Peng Bo was born in March 1957, a native of Hunan, and graduated from Peking University. He has experienced multiple identities as a teacher, media person, official, scholar and so on. (End)

Source: China News Network