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China Police Chief Accused of Having 192 Houses
[An Nahar] A Chinese police chief is alleged to have had at least 192 houses and a fake identity card, state media said Tuesday, the latest in a number of similar cases that have sparked outrage online.Zhao Haibin, a senior police official in Lufeng in the southern province of Guangdong, was reported by a businessman to have accumulated the properties under his name and his company's, the Guangzhou Daily said. The businessman, Huang Kunyi -- who was involved in a dispute with the officer -- also said Zhao used a fake identity card to record a different name on company documents, the newspaper reported. Authorities cancelled the false card after Huang's report in 2011, it added. An official of the Communist Party's discipline department for Lufeng told Agence France Presse Tuesday that Zhao -- who is also the vice party secretary of a local county -- had been investigated but the inquiry was over and he retained his public offices. According to the newspaper, Zhao said the properties were owned by his younger brother, a businessman, and that he was only "managing" them for him. A separate report said Zhao or the company had 192 properties in the city of Huizhou, also in Guangdong, and others in the cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai. The case is the latest of a series of reports involving officials owning multiple houses with different identity cards and residence permits. Posted by: Fred 2013-02-06 |
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