Case of officer at top court directed to Beijing supervisory commission

It said that Wang stole documents related to the coalmining case and fabricated the story that they'd disappeared due to personal resentment he had developed during his time with the court.

The investigation group also said Beijing police had opened a probe into Wang for his alleged violations.

According to the news agency's report on Friday, the Beijing Public Security Bureau said Wang took the legal documents on the coalmining case to his home in November 2016 and then destroyed them.

From June to August last year, Wang was asked by Zhao Faqi, one of the litigants in the coalmining case, to photograph and copy the legal documents involving judicial secrets, and also colluded with Zhao to steal documents in computers in an office of the court, according to the agency.

In December 2018 Wang and Zhao fabricated the story of the missing documents to confuse the public and sent the material to Cui Yongyuan, the former news anchor, to post online, it said.

Zhao is being further investigated on suspicion of some violations, including on illegally obtaining state secrets, it added.

On Friday, Cui apologized to the public on his micro blog and showed regret for his behavior.

Now a teacher at the Communication University of China, he said he accepted the conclusion of the central-level investigation group and would dedicate more effort to teaching.