Yang Weijun, the "anti-corruption fighter", did die. According to Red Star News, the reporter confirmed from Yang Weijun's wife, Ms. Wang Wanqi, that Wei Jun, the elder Yang Man, passed away at the age of 98 yesterday afternoon 18:03. Ms. Wang Wanqi said, "The government department has set up a mourning hall in my home."

According to the Beijing News, Yang Weijun's daughter told reporters that Yang Weijun had pneumonia caused by a cold, which developed rapidly and died ten days later. At present, Yang Weijun's body is in the funeral home, and the farewell ceremony will be held in Happy Valley Cemetery in Kunming on June 12.

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Introduction to Yang Weijun:

Yang Weijun, 1922, a native of Kunming, Yunnan; 1945 graduated from the political department of Yunnan University and joined the China Democratic League; 1949, to help persuade Lu Han uprising; 1949 to 1959 as deputy secretary-general of Yunnan CPPCC; 1978, resumed work, deputy secretary general of Yunnan CPPCC, and later served as vice chairman of Yunnan CPPCC. Since then, he was elected as the representative of the Sixth National People's Congress.

1993, resigned as vice chairman of Yunnan CPPCC; 1993 to 1998 as deputy director of Yunnan NLD; 1998, retired. After retirement, he was called "the oldest, the highest-ranking and the least selfish" three "most" anti-corruption fighters for reporting senior officials such as Bai, Zhang Tianxin.

"Anti-corruption celebrity" is just an important identity given to Yang Weijun by people. On the road of life, he has done many things, but his thinking and action are not over yet.

澎湃-Yang Weijun, the "anti-corruption fighter" in Yunnan, passed away: not an ordinary old man.