Flies and Tigers | 抓蝇打虎
Ex-PLA general charged with corruption
解放军总后原副部长谷俊山被起诉
Print Edition
A FORMER senior army officer has been charged with corruption by military prosecutors.
The charges against Gu Junshan, who had the rank of lieutenant general, include taking bribes, misuse of public funds and abuse of power. Gu is also said to have sold military positions.
Gu was deputy head of the People’s Liberation Army’s general logistics department, a position offering him wide-ranging powers over procurement and contracts for the 2.3 million-member armed forces.
He has been under investigation since four truckloads of alleged plunder including gold statues and cases of high-end liquor were removed from one of his mansions in Henan Province last year.
Gu is said to have secured professional favors for members of his family, including his brother Gu Xianjun, who was arrested last August for bribery, according to Caixin magazine.
Gu is alleged to have lined his pockets through the kickbacks he had received over the transfer of military-owned land in premium locations throughout China.
In Shanghai, Gu allegedly received a 6 percent kickback for plot of military land that fetched more than 2 billion yuan (US$330 million), and in his hometown of Puyang his family was known for land grabs and real estate developments, the business magazine said.
In Puyang, Gu’s family built seven riverside villas for Gu and his siblings, including one modeled on the former imperial palace in Beijing, Caixin said.
- 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
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
