Tianjin police chief probed

Veteran officer 18th senior official investigated this year

The police chief in Tianjin municipality is being investigated for serious violations of Party discipline and laws, making him the city's third police chief to be investigated in eight years.

Wu Changshun, vice-chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the city's public security bureau, became the 18th ministerial-level official to be placed under investigation this year, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on Sunday.