Bribery, favours for real estate developers, political corruption, hundreds of thousands of Euro worth of cash and property. It's a familiar tale. But for former Beijing politician, Zhou Liangluo, the punishment for lining his own pockets while helping contractors land major development projects will be death.
Zhou accepted cash and a villa with a total value of around €1.4 million while serving as former head of Beijing's Haidian district. He shrugged off the sentence saying he would not appeal because the punishment was 'nothing unexpected'. He is one of 102 bureau head-level officials charged with corruption and bribery in Beijing in the past five years.
Now I'm not in favour of having the Taoiseach taken out and shot but...Bertie Ahern (pictured) might reflect on how things are done in China and be glad he lives in a nation so tolerant of politicians' financial irregularities.
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Could it be that you got Bertie thinking? Was this the catalyst to his resignation on 2nd April?
Anne F
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