Former Chinese Justice Minister with History of Human Rights Violations Under Investigation

The Chinese communist regime has placed Fu Zhenghua, a longtime official in China’s public security sector, under investigation. While the regime has not disclosed details of the investigation, Fu is known to have committed human rights violations for years. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, a party organ for policing corruption, issued a short statement on Oct. 2, saying that Fu was suspected of “serious violations of discipline and the law”—an oft-used euphemism by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to mean corruption. The commission did not provide further details. Fu, 66, became the Chinese justice minister in March 2018 before stepping down in April last year. Since then, he has been a deputy director of the Committee for Social and Legal Affairs in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a political advisory body. His career in China’s public security sector began in 2010, when he was named the head …

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