100m yuan found in energy official’s home
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A SENIOR energy official was found to have kept more than 100 million yuan (US$16.1 million) in cash at his home, in the country’s latest apparent corruption scandal.
Blocks of cashes were seized when Wei Pengyuan, deputy director of the coal department of the National Energy Administration, was taken for questioning, sources said yesterday.
There was so much cash that it took 16 bill counters to calculate the total — and four machines burnt out in the process.
Wei’s stash contained at least a million notes, which would stack up to around 100 meters if placed in a single pile.
An insider said Wei may be investigated for irregularities in approving coal mine operations, caixin.com reported yesterday.
Wei worked for the National Development and Reform Commission for many years before the National Energy Administration was established in 2008 and he was appointed deputy department director.
He advocated that coal and electricity companies work together, and heeding this call the government of north China’s Shanxi Province set up a team to promote cooperation.
Several deals were concluded, including Datong Coal Mine Group holding stocks of the Zhangze Co of China Power Investment Corp.
Wei’s last public appearance was on January 9, visiting the Daizhuan coal mine in east China’s Shandong Province.
Just a month ago, Hao Weiping, director of the nuclear power department of the National Energy Administration, was detained along with his wife at Beijing airport as they prepared to leave the country.
And yesterday, China’s top Party disciplinary watchdog said Ji Ruilin, former vice mayor of Datong, a Shanxi city rich in coal, is being investigated.
It had been claimed online that Ji arranged government positions for family members.
His daughter obtained a post in the Shuocheng District human resources bureau while his son-in-law got a position with the Party school, without either taking exams. They received salaries but never went to work, it was claimed.
Ji, who became vice mayor in 2012, created false accounts to hide this, web users claimed.
Also yesterday, Party disciplinary officials in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, said Guo Huanbo, director of the city’s agriculture bureau and his deputy, Chen Bo, were being investigated over suspected violations.
Meanwhile, a former senior police officer in southwest China’s Sichuan Province faces prosecution for bribe-taking, the provincial procuratorate said yesterday.
An investigation found evidence that Li Rongbiao, former deputy chief of public order management with the Sichuan Public Security Department, accepted bribes worth more than 10 million yuan.
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