
What’s new: The mayor of the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou province is under investigation by the local corruption watchdog, making him the fourth person in that position to be probed for graft since 2011.
Ma Ningyu, 47, is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law,” the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a one-line statement published Tuesday afternoon. The phrase is a common euphemism for corruption.