Since the start of this year, several executives and senior officials in China’s tobacco industry have been under investigation by China’s top disciplinary watchdog.
Zhu Shaoming, former general manager of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Yunnan Tobacco”), is “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law” and is currently “undergoing disciplinary inspection,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a notice on June 2.
Both Zhu’s predecessor and successor are also under disciplinary investigation.
Zhang Shuichang, Zhu’s predecessor, who was removed from the general manager’s office in 2010, is being probed under the same allegations as Zhu, CCDI announced on Jan. 16….