Killer official detained

Police in Shantou, Guangdong province announced Thursday that a murder suspect, who was former deputy Party chief of the city, has been detained.

Lai Yicheng, 69, allegedly beat a woman in an apartment Wednesday afternoon and called the police later, requesting an ambulance. The woman died after emergency treatment failed, police said.

Lai also served as former chairman of the Shantou Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and retired in 2007.