Dongfeng Motor Corp. is one of the oldest state-owned automakers in China. (Photo : Reuters)
China's anti-corruption watchdog agency revealed on Sunday, Nov. 1, that Zhu Fushou, the general manager of Dongfeng Motor Corp., is being probed for corruption.
In a statement posted by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on Monday, Zhu "is suspected of having seriously violated [the party's] disciplines."
However, the commission is yet to disclose additional details about the Dongfeng executive's case.
The 53-year-old is the second highest-ranking executive of the firm, next to the state-owned automaker's chariman Zhu Yanfeng.
It was in 1994 when he first joined the firm as the vice general manager of its wheel subsidiary. He took over his incumbent position in 2008.
Zhu's investigation marked as the third for the firm. Prior to him, Ren Yong, the vice president of the firm's joint venture with Nissan, and Fan Zhong, the vice secretary of the CCP's unit at the company, were also subjected to probe.
Two years ago, the central government has initiated an anti-corruption campaign, sacking several senior executives of various state-owned companies, including those from the China FAW Group Corp.
This 2015, FAW chairman Xu Jianyi was expelled from the CCP after he was found to have embezzled funds and received bribes.
FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co.'s sales company's former president Zhou Yongjiang and vice president Shi Tao have been sentenced to life imprisonment after they were proven to be guilty of accepting millions of yuan in bribes.
FAW and Dongfeng, who also have joint ventures with PSA Peugeot Citroen, Honda Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp. and Renault SA., are the oldest state-owned automakers in the country.
