China’s Communist Party appoints Xinjiang official facing U.S. sanctions to head Tibet’s party unit
The Hindu
Wang Junzheng has been appointed as secretary of the Communist Party of China Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee, replacing Wu Yingjie, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
China’s ruling Communist Party has appointed Britain, European Union (EU) and Canada for his alleged role in the human rights violations against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, as the head of its party unit in the sensitive Himalayan region of Tibet.
Wang Junzheng has been appointed as secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee, replacing Wu Yingjie, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
Wang, 58, became China’s highest-ranking official to be sanctioned in March over accusations of human rights violations during his tenure as Xinjiang’s deputy party secretary and security chief, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
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