Zhao Liping

Zhao Liping (August 1951 - May 26, 2017), whose pen name is Mr. Chai Mu, was born in Yutian, Hebei Province. He served as director of the Public Security Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, vice chairman of the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. On March 21, 2015, he was detained on suspicion of intentional homicide. According to media inventory, Zhao Liping is the 100th "tiger" announced to be investigated since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This case is also the first murder case committed by a provincial or ministerial official since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In July 2015, he was expelled from the party for serious violations of discipline and law. On November 11, 2016, Zhao Liping was sentenced to death in the first instance, becoming the first fallen official after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to receive the death penalty without a suspended sentence. He was executed on May 26, 2017. Zhao Liping once served as the chairman of the Inner Mongolia Public Security Literary Federation and published novels, poetry collections, essays, essays, TV scripts and other works. He has won the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's "Five Ones" Project Book Award and the National "Five Ones" Project Best Book Nomination Award.