Wang Like (; born 2 December 1964) is a Chinese police official and politician of Manchu heritage, serving since 2015 as the Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission (''Zhengfawei''), and a member of the

provincial Party Standing Committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

. In September 2022, Wang Like was given the

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for bribery and corruption.

Biography

Wang is of Manchu ethnic background, and was born in

Penglai County Penglai, Peng Lai, or Peng-lai may refer to: *Penglai, Shandong, a district in Yantai, Shandong, China * Penglai, Hainan, a town in Wenchang, Hainan, China * Penglai, Sichuan, a town in Daying County, Sichuan, China * Penglai, Fujian, a town in An ...

, Shandong. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1984. He graduated from the Liaoning Law Enforcement College, and made his way up the ranks in the policing system of Liaoning province, working in

Beizhen Beizhen () is a city in west-central Liaoning province of Northeast China. It is under the administration of Jinzhou City. History In 1123, the Jin Dynasty set Guangning County () in nowadays Beizhen. In Ming Dynasty, the town of Guangning beca ...

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, zh, s= , t=錦州 , p=Jǐnzhōu), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the la ...

Huludao Huludao ( zh, s=葫芦岛 , t=葫蘆島 , p=Húludǎo), formerly known as Jinxi () until 1994, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "Gourd Island", referring t ...

, and finally

Dalian Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ...

, where he served as the city's police chief. For his work in Dalian in multiple fires, Wang was awarded national-level recognition by then Vice Minister of Public Security

Liu Jinguo Liu Jinguo (; born April 1955) is a Chinese politician and public security official who is the current director of the National Supervisory Commission and a secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party. Since 2014 he has served as ...

. In March 2013, Wang was transferred to

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

to serve as provincial police chief there. In December 2013, he was named vice-governor of Jiangsu, ascending to sub-provincial level. Wang was named a member of the

in November 2015, then in December, became head of the ''Zhengfawei'' of Jiangsu province. In December 2015, he resigned as vice governor of Jiangsu.

Downfall

On 24 October 2020, he turned himself in and is cooperating with the

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(CCDI) and National Commission of Supervision for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws". On 20 September 2021, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office. An investigation found that Wang lost his ideals and convictions, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, refused to cooperate in the investigation, falsified personal information submitted to Party organs, used public funds for personal purposes, intervened in judicial affairs, abused his power to seek benefits for others and took a huge amount of bribes, and had a lavish and dissolute lifestyle and traded power and money for sex. On October 12, he was arrested for suspected bribe taking. On 22 September 2022, he was handed a suspended death sentence at the Intermediate People's Court of

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that will be commuted to

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after two years, with no possibility of parole, for taking bribes worth 440 million yuan (about $63 million). He was deprived of his political rights for life, and all his personal assets were confiscated.

Personal life

Wang is the younger of three children. His father is a local businessman. His second elder brother Wang Liwei (), former vice mayor of

, was placed under investigation. His ex-wife Xia Juan (; former party secretary of Liaoning Police College) and daughter were also put under investigation.

References

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