重庆市人民政府新闻办公室微博消息:
据悉,王立军副市长因长期超负荷工作,精神高度紧张,身体严重不适,经同意,现正在接受休假式的治疗。
Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A deputy mayor of Chongqing in the southwest
China has gone on leave due to overwork, the city government said on
Wednesday in the face of widespread talk across the Chinese Internet
that he faced a corruption investigation and had even sought refuge at a
U.S. consulate.
Even if false, the rumours accumulating around deputy mayor Wang Lijun
could be an embarrassing blow to the Communist Party secretary of
Chongqing, Bo Xilai, who is widely seen as campaigning for a place in
the party's next central leadership, which will be settled by
late 2012.
Wang, 52, was reassigned from overseeing the public security bureau --
where he was closely associated with a high-profile crackdown on
organised crime -- to oversee education, science, environmental
protection and other areas last Thursday.
The move fuelled rumours on Chinese microblogs that he was under investigation by the authorities for corruption.
"It is understood that Vice-Mayor Wang Lijun, who has suffered
overwork and immense metal stress for a long time, is seriously
indisposed physically. He is currently undergoing a vacation-style
treatment ," the Chongqing information office said on its microblog.
But on Wednesday, Chinese microblogs said Wang sought asylum at the
U.S. consulate in Chengdu in southwest Sichuan province, prompting
police to gather around the consulate.
Richard Buangan, the spokesman at the U.S.
Embassy in Beijing, told Reuters that he was "not in a position to
comment regarding reported requests for asylum."
"I can tell you there was no threat to the (Chengdu) consulate
yesterday, and the U.S. government did not request increased security
around the compound," said Buangan.
The unconfirmed rumours about Wang's flight come shortly before
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due to visit the United States on a
trip that will underscore his virtual certainty of succeeding Hu Jintao
as top leader from late 2012.
Wang is seen as the right-hand man of Bo, a charismatic politician who
has encouraged a revival of socialist symbols from the time of Mao
Zedong and is widely expected to be a contender for a place in the new
lineup of Chinese leaders to be appointed next year.
Wang's mobile phone was turned off on Wednesday. A Chongqing official contacted about Wang would not comment on the reports.
Wang rose through the ranks of police in his home region of Inner
Mongolia and then Liaoning province in northeast China, where he became
an ally of Bo. He was transferred to Chongqing in 2008, after Bo was
sent there as party boss.
In Chongqing, Wang was a key figure in Bo's campaign against organized
crime, which was welcomed by many residents, but criticized by some
lawyers and political commentators as purge-like effort that trampled on
legal procedures. (Reporting by Chris Buckley, Sui-Lee Wee, Sabrina
Mao, Sisi Tang in Hong Kong, Benjamin Kang Lim; Editing by Don Durfee
and Ed Lane)
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Washington confirms Wang visited consulate
The Associated Press Posted:
Feb 8, 2012 10:44 AM ET
In Washington,
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed that Wang
sought and had a meeting at the consulate and later left "of his own
volition." She declined to comment on whether he had sought refugee
status or asylum.
She said to her knowledge, the consulate had not been in contact with Wang since the meeting.
Employees of businesses near the Chengdu consulate reported large
numbers of police vehicles in the area on Tuesday night, but said the
area was quiet on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters he had no information on the matter.
A city government spokesman, who like many Chinese bureaucrats would
give only his surname, Ye, said he could neither deny or confirm the
reports of Wang's asylum bid.
"We saw that on the Internet, too. I don't have relevant information now," Ye said.
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2012年02月09日 19:26 来源:凤凰卫视
中国外交部副部长崔天凯周四表示,重庆市副市长王立军日前到美国驻成都总领事馆是偶然个案,而且问题已经获得解决。
崔天凯:“在前两天发生的事情是个非常偶然的个案,这事情现在已经解决了,这个跟习副主席访问没有什么关系。”