3 more arrests in FDA bribery case
By Zhang Xuanchen |
January 21, 2011, Friday
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AN investigation following the arrest of a former top official at China's drugs watchdog has led to the arrest of another three officials.
They were named by Beijing People's Procuratorate as Li Bingchun, a former township Party secretary in Beijing's Shunyi District, Zhang Bao, former deputy head of the district's Land and Resources Bureau, and Zhang Bo, former committee head of the Northern Printing Industry Zone.
The arrests followed that of Zhang Jingli, former deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, who is charged with taking bribes, slander and illegal business dealings, Qianlong.com, a news website based in Hunan Province, said yesterday.
Zhang is alleged to have directed a saleswoman at a pharmaceutical company, whose name has not been revealed, to spread rumors in a bid to denounce his superior. An investigation put Zhang under suspicion and uncovered more alleged corruption cases involving other officials.
The latest three arrested are said to have taken bribes from the saleswoman.
Zhang is alleged to have taken advantage of his position to sell books he wrote to local drug administrative offices nationwide and pharmaceutical companies. One of his books is said to have made 5.66 million yuan (US$859,488) in sales. Investigators alleged Zhang got 170 million yuan in unlawful income, including his book sales, as he was not licensed to write or sell the book.
Zhang is also accused of having taken bribes of 6 million yuan from a construction company which was -building a new -mansion for the administration.
Authorities also released video clips showing Zhang being entertained at a Beijing night club which was later suspended during an anti-porn crackdown.
Zhang was discharged from his post for serious violations of discipline and law, according to the disciplinary watchdog of the ruling Communist Party of China on January 4. He was also stripped of his Party membership.
In 2007, Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of China's Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption. He was convicted of taking 6.5 million yuan in bribes and of dereliction of duty.
They were named by Beijing People's Procuratorate as Li Bingchun, a former township Party secretary in Beijing's Shunyi District, Zhang Bao, former deputy head of the district's Land and Resources Bureau, and Zhang Bo, former committee head of the Northern Printing Industry Zone.
The arrests followed that of Zhang Jingli, former deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, who is charged with taking bribes, slander and illegal business dealings, Qianlong.com, a news website based in Hunan Province, said yesterday.
Zhang is alleged to have directed a saleswoman at a pharmaceutical company, whose name has not been revealed, to spread rumors in a bid to denounce his superior. An investigation put Zhang under suspicion and uncovered more alleged corruption cases involving other officials.
The latest three arrested are said to have taken bribes from the saleswoman.
Zhang is alleged to have taken advantage of his position to sell books he wrote to local drug administrative offices nationwide and pharmaceutical companies. One of his books is said to have made 5.66 million yuan (US$859,488) in sales. Investigators alleged Zhang got 170 million yuan in unlawful income, including his book sales, as he was not licensed to write or sell the book.
Zhang is also accused of having taken bribes of 6 million yuan from a construction company which was -building a new -mansion for the administration.
Authorities also released video clips showing Zhang being entertained at a Beijing night club which was later suspended during an anti-porn crackdown.
Zhang was discharged from his post for serious violations of discipline and law, according to the disciplinary watchdog of the ruling Communist Party of China on January 4. He was also stripped of his Party membership.
In 2007, Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of China's Food and Drug Administration, was executed for corruption. He was convicted of taking 6.5 million yuan in bribes and of dereliction of duty.
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