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Politico: Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang may have died after being tortured or committed suicide

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Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was suspended from his post in July 2023, died in a military hospital in Beijing. The cause of death may be torture or suicide. Politico writes about this with reference to sources close to senior Chinese officials, UNN reports .

Details

Qin Gang stopped appearing in public since June 25. At that time, he held talks with the head of the Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Ali Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

A month after this meeting after this meeting, Qin Gang was dismissed and replaced by Wang Yi, who led the ministry from 2013 to 2022.

According to sources, the disappearance and subsequent suspension of the of the minister could be connected to Rudenko's visit to Beijing. to Beijing. According to them, during this trip, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation allegedly conveyed to Chinese President Xi Jinping information that Qin Gang and relatives of several high-ranking officers had passed "nuclear secrets" to the intelligence services of Western countries.

There has been no official comment from the Chinese authorities on the fate of the former minister.

To recap

In July, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, the British Foreign Secretary, postponed a planned tripto Beijing this month after more than a month. to Beijing this month after almost a month-long absence of Chinese Foreign Minister Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.

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