Liu Yuejin

Liu Yuejin (Chinese: 刘跃进; born January 1959) is a former Chinese police officer and politician. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2024. Previously he served as a commissioner for counterterrorism of the Ministry of Public Security and before that, assistant to the minister of public security and deputy director of the National Narcotics Control Committee.

He was a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]

Liu was born in Ningyuan County, Hunan, in January 1959.^[2] During the Cultural Revolution, he worked in the Great River People's Commune in Guilin, Guangxi, and later an editor of the Guangxi People's Broadcasting Station. He graduated from the Criminal Investigation Department of Southwest University of Political Science & Law.^[2]

Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1977.^[2] After university, he was despatched to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau, he served in several posts there, including officer of the Criminal Investigation Department, deputy director of the Political Department, deputy director of Hebei Branch, deputy director of Tanggu Branch, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department, director of the Criminal Investigation Department, and deputy director of the Tianjin Public Security Bureau.^[2] During his term in office as deputy director of the Anti Drug Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, in October 2011, he led the special task force to investigate the Mekong River massacre, where 13 Chinese crew members aboard two cargo ships were killed by the "Naw Kham Group" in the border area between Myanmar and Thailand.^[3]

He was appointed assistant to the minister of public security in November 2014 and was admitted to member of the CCP Committee, the ministry's top authority.^[2][4] He concurrently served as deputy director of the National Narcotics Control Committee and head of its Office since May 2015.^[2] In December 2015, he was elevated to a commissioner for counterterrorism of the Ministry of Public Security, a position at vice-ministerial level.^[2]

On 18 March 2024, he had been suspended for "suspected serious discipline violations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[3]