 He would go on to say he was "sorry" for the event of June 4, 1989, saying that no one should have died in the crackdown.A onetime political rival to Jiang Zemin, Chen, being the leader of "Beijing clique", challenged Jiang's newly obtained authority during his presidency.This led to Chen's downfall in 1995 during an anti-corruption campaign led by Jiang's Shanghai clique.