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Man held for celebrating probe of official

A man surnamed Zhao has been detained for 15 days after he celebrated the investigation of a senior municipal official in front of the Party committee building in Datong, Shanxi province.

According to a report by Beijing News, Zhao set off firecrackers, waved the national flag and sang the national anthem in front of the building, after hearing the news of the investigation into Feng Lixiang, the former municipal Party secretary of Datong, on Oct 15, 2014.

Zhao was trying to "stir up public emotions" and had "seriously disturbed the social order", according to a document reportedly from Datong police provided by a Weibo user.

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