[Regnum] A Chinese court has sentenced official Zhong Yang to 13 years in prison for having affairs with 58 subordinates, the South China Morning Post reported on September 19.
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The court sentenced the official to a fine of 1 million yuan (about 13 million rubles), and on September 1 she was expelled from the ranks of the Communist Party of China.
As the publication noted, Zhong Yang became a party member at the age of 22 and was able to build an impressive career: she was appointed governor and deputy secretary of the party committee of Qiannan-Bui-Miao County.
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At that time, the politician was even nicknamed "the handsome governor" for her striking appearance. According to the publication, Zhong Yang, among other things, loved to visit nightclubs.
Complaints began to come in from businesses that she had refused patronage to. One entrepreneur said Zhong Yang had neglected companies that had no personal connection to her, which had stifled the growth of private business in the region.
In April 2023, the Guizhou government launched an investigation into the official, which revealed that Zhong Yang had accepted large bribes. For example, she approved the development of 170,000 square meters of land in a high-tech industrial zone for a businessman with whom she had a close relationship. He later transferred the land for development, from which Zhong Yang made a significant profit.
In October 2022, China's top anti-graft official Xiao Pei publicly announced that China had effectively curbed the spread of corruption since the 18th Communist Party Congress in 2012. Some 80,000 officials had voluntarily confessed to their wrongdoings over the past five years.
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