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Promo video sparks graft probe into railway couple
By Li Qian |
July 27, 2012, Friday
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THE pricey and widely panned promotional video for the Railway Ministry has triggered a corruption investigation against a couple, both railway officials, industrial insiders said.
The ministry's annual report by the country's top auditor showed it had splurged 18.5 million yuan (US$2.9 million) on a five-minute video, "Chinese Railways," without going through a public bidding process.
The report has sparked wide suspicion over violations and corruption in the process, and authorities started to probe Chen Yihan, deputy secretary of the ministry's literal and arts department, and her husband, Liu Ruiyang, deputy director of the vehicle department.
Anonymous insiders said inspectors seized more than 10 million yuan in cash and at least nine Beijing property ownership certificates in their home, and massive deposit books and shopping cards in Liu's office, Caixin.com reported today.
Both of them were placed under investigation in early July, the report said.
An unnamed source told the report that Liu was just promoted this April, and he might have gained massive properties when he was in a lower rank and responsible for vehicle purchase.
Liu might have abused his power by asking for bribes or embezzling national assets because he could identify certain sellers and was never supervised, the report cited the source as saying.
The ministry's annual report by the country's top auditor showed it had splurged 18.5 million yuan (US$2.9 million) on a five-minute video, "Chinese Railways," without going through a public bidding process.
The report has sparked wide suspicion over violations and corruption in the process, and authorities started to probe Chen Yihan, deputy secretary of the ministry's literal and arts department, and her husband, Liu Ruiyang, deputy director of the vehicle department.
Anonymous insiders said inspectors seized more than 10 million yuan in cash and at least nine Beijing property ownership certificates in their home, and massive deposit books and shopping cards in Liu's office, Caixin.com reported today.
Both of them were placed under investigation in early July, the report said.
An unnamed source told the report that Liu was just promoted this April, and he might have gained massive properties when he was in a lower rank and responsible for vehicle purchase.
Liu might have abused his power by asking for bribes or embezzling national assets because he could identify certain sellers and was never supervised, the report cited the source as saying.
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