From BBC News:
The mayor of China’s southern boom town of Shenzhen, Xu Zongheng, is being questioned as part of a corruption investigation, state media has said.
He is the latest official to be caught up in an investigation into Wong Kwong-yu, founder of China’s biggest electrical retailer, Gome Appliances.
Mr Xu was being questioned for “severe violations”, the Xinhua news agency said in a short statement.