Luo Ruiqing
After the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security (with the notable exception of the Minister himself, Xie Fuzhi, who was an ally of the radicals) was accused of having created "an underground counter-revolutionary Ministry of Public Security headed by Luo Ruiqing" (the previous Minister). All 7 Deputy Ministers were removed from office, as were 63 department heads within the Ministry. Ling himself was expelled from the Communist Party, arrested, tortured by Red Guards, and then sent to do manual labor.