Ex-Party chief names 100 in corruption probe
By Zhang Xuanchen |
March 29, 2011, Tuesday
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A FORMER Party chief detained in a corruption investigation has given a list of more than 100 other high-ranking officials in south China's Guangdong Province allegedly connected with his case.
Luo Yinguo, 55, former Party chief of Maoming City, named co-workers and businessmen after he was detained by the provincial people's procuratorate on February 10, reported Oriental Outlook yesterday.
Some officials, including a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Maoming City People's Congress, a mayor assistant and the director of the construction bureau, have been put under investigation as a result.
The fall of Luo is part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that has affected large numbers of officials in Guangdong Province.
All officials were ordered to confess any malpractice to anti-corruption watchdogs before April 10, during a meeting addressed by the Discipline Inspection Commission of Guangdong Province on March 19. Those who confess within the given time will receive leniency, according to authorities.
So far, no officials are confirmed to have been involved in Luo's case. Deng Haiguang, Luo's successor, said it would take time to see the results.
Li Ritian, Party secretary of Dianbai County, which was supervised by Maoming City, was put under investigation for "severe disciplinary violations" on March 18, according to a statement by Maoming City government. But officials said they were unsure if this was related to Luo.
An insider told China Business News earlier that Luo has accepted "an appalling number of bribes" during his tenure from 2007 to 2011. Investigators discovered 10 million yuan (US$1.52 million) in cash in Luo's office and home, believed to have been received during the Spring Festival. Maoming authorities did not confirm this.
Luo's children have been sent overseas, while his wife is under investigation in a separate detention house on corruption charges.
Luo is said to have weaved himself a network of influence with relatives holding positions in the city government and courts.
Luo Yinguo, 55, former Party chief of Maoming City, named co-workers and businessmen after he was detained by the provincial people's procuratorate on February 10, reported Oriental Outlook yesterday.
Some officials, including a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Maoming City People's Congress, a mayor assistant and the director of the construction bureau, have been put under investigation as a result.
The fall of Luo is part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that has affected large numbers of officials in Guangdong Province.
All officials were ordered to confess any malpractice to anti-corruption watchdogs before April 10, during a meeting addressed by the Discipline Inspection Commission of Guangdong Province on March 19. Those who confess within the given time will receive leniency, according to authorities.
So far, no officials are confirmed to have been involved in Luo's case. Deng Haiguang, Luo's successor, said it would take time to see the results.
Li Ritian, Party secretary of Dianbai County, which was supervised by Maoming City, was put under investigation for "severe disciplinary violations" on March 18, according to a statement by Maoming City government. But officials said they were unsure if this was related to Luo.
An insider told China Business News earlier that Luo has accepted "an appalling number of bribes" during his tenure from 2007 to 2011. Investigators discovered 10 million yuan (US$1.52 million) in cash in Luo's office and home, believed to have been received during the Spring Festival. Maoming authorities did not confirm this.
Luo's children have been sent overseas, while his wife is under investigation in a separate detention house on corruption charges.
Luo is said to have weaved himself a network of influence with relatives holding positions in the city government and courts.
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