Cai Cheng
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Cai Cheng ({{zh|s=蔡诚|t=蔡誠|p=Cài Chéng|j=Choi3 Sing4}} (November 1927 – September 2, 2009), was a politician of the People's Republic of China, born in Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong. His birth name was Wu Yihong. ({{Zh|c=伍毅鸿|p=}})
Biography
He was the minister of Justice from 1988 to 1993.
Cai Cheng was the 13th CPC Central Committee member from 1987 to 1992.
Cai's son, Cai Xiaohong, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the People's Liberation Army, working in Jiefang Daily as an editor. Xiaohong worked for the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong and its predecessor since the late 1990s and was promoted to Secretary-General of the Liaison Office in 2001. During this period, he was caught leaking important confidential information to British intelligence agencies for millions of Hong Kong dollars. This led to Xiaohong receiving a 15-year jail sentence. {{Cite web |title=原中联办秘书长蔡小洪因间谍案被秘密判15年 – DW – 2004年11月8日 |url=https://www.dw.com/zh/%E5%8E%9F%E4%B8%AD%E8%81%94%E5%8A%9E%E7%A7%98%E4%B9%A6%E9%95%BF%E8%94%A1%E5%B0%8F%E6%B4%AA%E5%9B%A0%E9%97%B4%E8%B0%8D%E6%A1%88%E8%A2%AB%E7%A7%98%E5%AF%86%E5%88%A415%E5%B9%B4/a-1388077 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=dw.com |language=zh}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080808142241/http://www.gdstcy.com/article/20070802/58.html Profile of Cai Cheng]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911124510/http://www.buywit.cn/news.php?aid=9589 Cai Cheng profile]
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{{succession box | before = Zou Yu | title = Minister of Justice | years = 1988–1993 | after = Xiao Yang}}
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Category:Politicians from Jieyang
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Guangdong
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong
Category:Ministers of justice of the People's Republic of China
Category:Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Delegates to the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Members of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress