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Beijing traffic delays trial of ex-railways official
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TRAFFIC jams this morning in the nation’s capital delayed the court hearing of a former railway official, Beijing News reported today.
Su Shunhu, the former deputy director of transportation at the former Ministry of Railways, had been scheduled to stand trial at around 10:30am, but police cars were stuck at the Badaling section of Beijing-Tibet Expressway.
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court decided to start the trial at 1:45pm instead.
Su is accused of having taken bribes up to 24.9 million yuan (US$4.7 million) between 2003 and 2008. Beijing prosecutors accused Su of abusing his power and favoring three companies involved in goods transportation.
Su’s lawyer told the newspaper that Su’s case wasn’t connected to that of former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun, who was given a suspended death penalty for bribery and abuse of power.
Beijing authorities have said they would restrict the use of passenger cars.
They said they will prepare new traffic control rules for passenger cars by the end of 2013 that will mainly focus on time and zone restrictions. The rules are aimed to be implemented in 2014.
Statistics from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau show the city had 5.35 million vehicles by the end of July.
In March 2013, it was announced that the Ministry of Railways would be dissolved and its duties taken up by the Ministry of Transport, State Railways Administration and China Railway Corp.
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