Former official detained after mistress killed

Previous district Party chief also being investigated for corruption

WENZHOU, Zhejiang - A former Party chief of Ouhai district in Wenzhou has been detained for allegedly killing his mistress as well as for corruption, media has reported.

On Wednesday, officials from the Zhejiang provincial department of public security said that Xie Zaixing, former secretary of the Ouhai district committee of the Communist Party of China, was put into criminal detention by the West Lake branch of Hangzhou public security bureau on Sunday.