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Ex-chief of China nuke corp sacked

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-15 16:55
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Ex-chief of China nuke corp sacked
File photo of Kang Rixin, former Party chief and general manager of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

BEIJING: Kang Rixin, former Party chief and general manager of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), has been stripped of his post and his membership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for "serious violations of the law and breaches of discipline," the Party's discipline watchdog announced Friday.

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Kang was found to have abused his authority, enabled profits for others, and taken huge bribes, according to the findings of investigations conducted by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).