Mistress on trial over secret salt bribes

By Wang Xiang | January 27, 2010, Wednesday |

Online Edition

A MASSEUSE in south China Guangdong Province faced trial for bribery on Monday, accused of taking 659,000 yuan (US$96,540) while the mistress of the provincial salt administration's former chief.

Bai Liqing, who used to be a masseuse in Guangdong, confessed in court that she began to sleep with Shen Zhiqiang, 61, the former general manager of Guangdong Salt Industry Corporation since 2002.

She denied taking bribes from He Weiwen, a local carton factory boss, with Shen in an under-the-table bidding deal in which she acted as the go-between. She said she took the money only because Shen told her to.

Bai also told the court that Shen knew she was also sleeping with He.

Bai's confession contradicted her former patron. Sentenced to four years' jail in December, Shen argued in court that he was innocent because Bai took all the money.

Shen said he agreed with the under-the-table deal only because his mistress forced him to.

Besides Shen, six other officials in the bureau were also involved in the case, believed to be one of the nation's largest salt-related bribery scandals.

Nation

About Us
|
Terms of Use
|
RSS
|
Privacy Policy
|
Contact Us
|
Shanghai Call Center: 962288
|
Tip-off hotline: 52920043

沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
|
互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
|
网络视听许可证：0909346
|
广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
|
增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012

Mistress on trial over secret salt bribes

Email this to your friend