A retired Chinese local government official’s illicit wealth was later revealed after his granddaughter boasted about her wealth amounting to 10 billion won. This retired official had his property confiscated and his party membership revoked.
According to local media such as the China News Network on the 11th, the Discipline Commission and Supervision Commission of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, stripped Zhong Gengchi (75), former director of the Freight Transportation Management Branch of the Shenzhen City Transportation Bureau, of his party membership the previous day and confiscated his illegal income. He said he decided to do it. In addition, it was decided to investigate and punish allegations of serious violations of discipline and laws, such as illegal accumulation of money.
A 75-year-old former executive who retired in November 2007 was punished 16 years after leaving office after his granddaughter, Bei Jinianyu, posted a post flaunting the family’s wealth on Weibo, a Chinese social networking service (SNS). stand. Beige Nianyu posted on Weibo in March under the pen name ‘Arctic Catfish’ that seven members of her family had immigrated to Australia, saying, “The enormous wealth of our family was provided by many Chinese people. “How could I not like China?” he wrote.
He also boasted, “Our family’s wealth is in the nine figures.” In yuan, a nine-digit number is hundreds of millions of yuan, and 100 million yuan is about 18.5 billion won. He boasted that his family’s wealth was worth tens of billions of won. Beijinianyu posted a photo of her grandfather, Zhong Gengchi, when he was young, and said in a playful tone, “I think he embezzled.”
As netizens continued to criticize him, he said, “I spend the money that the person criticizing me earned in a year in one day. “A person who does not have a director-level or higher official in the family has no right to curse at me,” he countered. As a result, public anger grew in China, and it was revealed that she was Zhong Gengchi’s granddaughter. The Shenzhen Transportation Bureau, which launched a fact-finding investigation, decided not to disclose the results, but as public criticism spread, the Discipline Inspection Commission confirmed Zhong Gengchi’s illegal accumulation of money and began punishing him.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said, “No matter how deeply a corrupt person hides, he cannot escape the public eye, nor can he avoid the Party’s discipline and the country’s laws. “Party executives must always reflect on themselves and be strict,” he pointed out.
Meanwhile, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, China, has launched a large-scale medical corruption investigation since the beginning of this year and disciplined over 1,200 people, including public hospital managers, who took unfair profits such as kickbacks from suppliers.
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Source: Donga
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