Chinese authorities have eliminated a former chief of Tibet from workplace over alleged crimes, together with taking bribes and fascinating in “superstitious activities”, the nation’s high anti-corruption our bodies stated Tuesday (July 22, 2025).
Qizhala – who was governor of the western area from 2017 to 2021 – was dismissed over “serious violations of discipline”, a press release stated, a standard euphemism for corruption.
He had most lately served as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the nation’s essential political advisory physique.
Beijing’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission stated Qizhala “betrayed” his authentic mission by accepting bribes and misusing public funds to host unlawful banquets.
He additionally colluded with enterprise homeowners to safe beneficial contracts and engaged in “superstitious activities” over an extended interval, they stated.
His household have been additionally accused of utilizing his official place for private achieve.
Ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are banned from taking part in “superstitious activities” – together with some spiritual practices that “erode” a cadre’s loyalties.
Religion is tightly managed in Tibet, the place Chinese troops in 1959 crushed an rebellion within the capital forcing its non secular chief the Dalai Lama to flee.
United Nations consultants have raised alarm at Chinese authorities insurance policies allegedly geared toward assimilating Tibetan folks culturally, religiously and linguistically.
Last week, a courtroom in Beijing handed a suspended demise sentence to Wu Yingjie, the top of the CCP within the area from 2016 to 2021, for taking bribes value virtually $50 million.
Mr. Wu was expelled from the get together in December, additionally over “serious violations of discipline.”
President Xi Jinping has overseen a wide-ranging marketing campaign in opposition to official graft since coming to energy over a decade in the past. Critics say it additionally serves as a approach to purge political rivals.
