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Top Chinese Commie sacked for affair with Russian girl
Week-old news but still worthy...
A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) disciplinary official has been sacked and expelled from the Party after being caught with a woman other than his wife in a Beijing hotel room, the Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Du Xiangcheng, deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, was found in a compromising situation with a Russian woman. The incident happened in a five-star hotel in December while he was staying there on a business trip, sources said. | It *would* be rather interesting to see if she was paid in rubles or yuan, would it not? |
Du made a reputation for himself for his stance against corruption and led the investigation into Peng Jinyong, former secretary of the Changde City Committee for Discipline Inspection, in Hunan. Peng was alleged to have acquired more than 770,000 yuan through corruption in 2004. Du was quoted as saying, Cadres are only human and they have desires, so we should all be tested.The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has also ordered an investigation of his assets and finances.
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-04-20 |
