Official probed after his daughter's flaunting
By Li Qian |
March 13, 2012, Tuesday
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TIANJIN government are investigating a deputy district head for corruption after his daughter boasted about her lavish lifestyle on her microblog.
The 27-year-old Li Ying, daughter of Li Zhiyang, posted pictures on Weibo.com of a treasure trove of luxuries: handbags worth tens of thousands yuan each, expensive shoes and several high-end cosmetics products.
An unidentified whistleblower said Li Ying couldn't afford these luxuries because she earned only about 3,000 yuan (US$475) per month as an official with the district's land resource administration, a local newspaper, the Time Weekly, reported.
"Li Zhiyang helped her get the job though she didn't pass the civil servant exams. He was the former director of the district's land resource bureau between 2000 and 2007," the whistleblower said.
Li Zhiyang was also accused of scraping around 20 million yuan in supporting expenses for a contractor in 2004 when he was in charge of a residential complex in Xiqing District.
In return, the contractor helped Li Ying get into a better university despite her unqualified score, the report cited the whistleblower as saying.
The 55-year-old man dismissed the allegations, saying he deserved the priorities thanks to his contributions.
"The Tianjin Polytechnic University moved to Xiqing District around 2004. I was responsible for the project. Tianjin government officials promised to give every one who contributed to the program priority," he said.
As for his daughter's special employment, Li Zhiyang owed it to his "close relationship with government officials."
"I never intervene in the civil servant exams. Since I am familiar with the officials in the district's land resource bureau, it's normal for a father to find a job for a daughter after she failed the exams," he said.
Li Ying has deleted her former Weibo account, Xiaoxiaoxiaole, and created a new one identified as Momingqimiao123412.
"I hope the authorities find out the truth and prove my innocence," she wrote. "It's so shameful that the law is too weak to ban these forged and malicious reports."
But netizens remained skeptical about how her father was able to support such extravagances.
"Flaunting wealth on the Internet makes your father cry and even digs a grave for him," a netizen said.
The 27-year-old Li Ying, daughter of Li Zhiyang, posted pictures on Weibo.com of a treasure trove of luxuries: handbags worth tens of thousands yuan each, expensive shoes and several high-end cosmetics products.
An unidentified whistleblower said Li Ying couldn't afford these luxuries because she earned only about 3,000 yuan (US$475) per month as an official with the district's land resource administration, a local newspaper, the Time Weekly, reported.
"Li Zhiyang helped her get the job though she didn't pass the civil servant exams. He was the former director of the district's land resource bureau between 2000 and 2007," the whistleblower said.
Li Zhiyang was also accused of scraping around 20 million yuan in supporting expenses for a contractor in 2004 when he was in charge of a residential complex in Xiqing District.
In return, the contractor helped Li Ying get into a better university despite her unqualified score, the report cited the whistleblower as saying.
The 55-year-old man dismissed the allegations, saying he deserved the priorities thanks to his contributions.
"The Tianjin Polytechnic University moved to Xiqing District around 2004. I was responsible for the project. Tianjin government officials promised to give every one who contributed to the program priority," he said.
As for his daughter's special employment, Li Zhiyang owed it to his "close relationship with government officials."
"I never intervene in the civil servant exams. Since I am familiar with the officials in the district's land resource bureau, it's normal for a father to find a job for a daughter after she failed the exams," he said.
Li Ying has deleted her former Weibo account, Xiaoxiaoxiaole, and created a new one identified as Momingqimiao123412.
"I hope the authorities find out the truth and prove my innocence," she wrote. "It's so shameful that the law is too weak to ban these forged and malicious reports."
But netizens remained skeptical about how her father was able to support such extravagances.
"Flaunting wealth on the Internet makes your father cry and even digs a grave for him," a netizen said.
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