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Ex-official on trial over 10.7m yuan bribes
山西省吕梁市原副市长张中生接受组织调查

By Li Qian | May 30, 2014, Friday | Print Edition

A FORMER senior official from north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region stood trial in Beijing yesterday, charged with taking bribes totalling 10.73 million yuan (US$1.72 million).

Wang Suyi was mayor of  Bayannur Prefecture, head of the United Front Work Department and a member of the Standing Committee of the regional Party committee from 2005 to 2013.

The 53-year-old official took advantage of his position to seek benefits for real estate companies and secure promotions for government officials, including former deputy secretary general of Bayannur government Li Shigui, claimed prosecutors.

In return, Wang and his wife, Wang Zhihong, received cash and property worth 10.73 million yuan, prosecutors said.

The Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court didn’t announce a verdict yesterday.

Wang’s alleged wrongdoings were exposed by one of his mistresses, according to the South China Morning Post.

It quoted a Weibo microblog post by Gu Hua, a senior editor at Henan Daily, saying she had accused Wang of taking 100 million yuan in bribes, having several mistresses — including university students and journalists — and nepotism involving some 30 relatives.

Party disciplinary investigators began looking into Wang’s dealings on June 30 and Li’s on July 6 last year.

The Party’s organization department last July said that Wang had been dismissed from his post.

Two months later, he was expelled from the Party and prosecuted.

Meanwhile, China’s top Party disciplinary watchdog yesterday announced that Zhang Zhongsheng, 62, the former vice mayor of Luliang City in north China’s Shanxi Province, is being investigated.

He was vice mayor for 10 years from 2003, resigning from his post in March last year.

The city’s mayor Ding Xuefeng is reported to have been removed from his post on February 20, an insider told China Business Journal.

Ding is said to have paid to gain promotion two years ago.

The source claimed Li Dongsheng, a former vice minister of the public security, and Zhou Bin, an influential businessman, were also involved.

The State Council said on February 24 that Li had been removed from office as an investigation is ongoing.

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