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| The former police chief of the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has been detained on suspicion of murder, state news agency Xinhua said, citing public security authorities. | |
| Zhao Liping was in charge of the police in Inner Mongolia from 2005 until 2010 and had worked for almost three decades as a police officer, Xinhua said in a brief report. | Zhao Liping was in charge of the police in Inner Mongolia from 2005 until 2010 and had worked for almost three decades as a police officer, Xinhua said in a brief report. |
| He is suspected of involvement in a murder that happened in Inner Mongolia’s Chifeng city on Friday, Xinhua said. | He is suspected of involvement in a murder that happened in Inner Mongolia’s Chifeng city on Friday, Xinhua said. |
| The state-run Legal Evening News said the person who was murdered was “a lady with whom he had quite a close relationship”. Neither report elaborated, and it was not possible to reach Zhao for comment. | |
| Inner Mongolia, which covers more than a tenth of China’s land mass and has the country’s largest coal reserves, is strategically located on the borders of Russia and Mongolia. | Inner Mongolia, which covers more than a tenth of China’s land mass and has the country’s largest coal reserves, is strategically located on the borders of Russia and Mongolia. |
| It was rocked by protests in 2011 after an ethnic Mongol herder was killed by a truck after taking part in protests against pollution caused by a coal mine, and there has since been periodic unrest. | It was rocked by protests in 2011 after an ethnic Mongol herder was killed by a truck after taking part in protests against pollution caused by a coal mine, and there has since been periodic unrest. |