Former assistant to the Minister of Public Security of the Chinese Communist Party, and former director of the Anti-Drug Bureau, Liu Yuejin, fell from grace nearly six months ago, being expelled from the party and transferred to judicial authorities for allegedly “retaining classified documents without authorization.”
On September 11th, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party announced that Liu Yuejin, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (deputy ministerial level), had been expelled from the party, had his benefits revoked, and was transferred to the prosecution for review and prosecution.
According to the report, Liu Yuejin obstructed organizational review, accepted bribes in violation of regulations, retained classified documents privately, treated public power as a means to seek personal gain, engaged in power and money transactions, used his position to benefit others in business operations, case coordination, etc., and illegally accepted huge amounts of money.
Liu Yuejin, born in January 1959, is now 65 years old, from Ningyuan, Hunan Province, graduated from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law with a major in criminal investigation. He has long served in the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau, holding positions such as Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Public Security Bureau, Deputy Director of the Public Security Sub-Bureau, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Bureau, Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and Deputy Director of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau concurrently as Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
In 2001, Liu Yuejin was directly transferred to the Director of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security.
In 2010, Liu Yuejin was promoted by the then Minister of Public Security, Meng Jianzhu, to the director of the Anti-Drug Bureau (bureau-level).
Liu Yuejin once presided over the “Mekong River 10·5 case.” According to official media reports, in October 2011, the “Naw Kham Group” on the Myanmar-Thailand border killed 13 Chinese crew members of two cargo ships on the Mekong River. Liu Yuejin, then head of the Anti-Drug Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, served as the head of the special task force. CCTV selected Liu Yuejin as the “Inspirational Character of China” in 2012.
In November 2014, Liu Yuejin served as assistant to the Minister of Public Security (then Minister Guo Shengkun), when Meng Jianzhu was the Secretary of the CCP Political and Legal Committee.
From December 2015 to 2020, Liu Yuejin became a member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, as well as the Commissioner for Counterterrorism (deputy ministerial level). The title of Counterterrorism Commissioner was unprecedented and tailored to the individual.
In June 2020, Liu Yuejin was removed from the position of Counterterrorism Commissioner and Party Committee member. Although not retired, the signal of his loss of power was quite evident. He was the last one among the thirteen members of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security promoted during Meng Jianzhu’s tenure to be replaced.
From 2018 to 2023, Liu Yuejin served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
On March 18th of this year, the Chinese Communist Party officially announced that Liu Yuejin was under investigation.
Political commentator Li Lin once told Epoch Times that Liu Yuejin was an assistant to Guo Shengkun, but had a closer relationship with Meng Jianzhu, and his downfall was likely due to his relationship with Meng Jianzhu.