Mega-corruption by Chinese official nets Thirteen and a half tonnes of gold – Zhang Qi, 58, stored thousands of gold bars worth up to $640million in his home, with $37billion in suspected bribe money found in his bank account
Powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have received 13.5 tonnes of gold and billions cash in bribes
Zhang Qi, 58, was the secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Haikou, provincial capital city of Hainan with a population around nine million people
Thousands of golden bars and bricks were discovered in a room at his home during a raid, valued at $640m [£520m]
Inspectors also discovered 268 billion yuan [$37billion] in suspected bribe money on his account
He would have been richer than China’s richest man of record, if the allegations turn out to be true
Zhang who had equal power as the mayor in the city of Haikou, has been sacked
Zhang Qi, [photo], a powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have amassed an incredible 13.5 tonnes of gold and $37 billion cash in bribes.
A powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have received 13.5 tonnes of gold and $37 billion cash in bribes.
Thousands of golden bars and bricks worth $640million were discovered by corruption inspectors at the Zhang’s home in Hainan Province, China, earlier last month
Zhang a member of the Standing Committee of Hainan Province, was also the secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Haikou, the provincial capital city of Hainan with a population around nine million people.
He had equal power as the city’s mayor, according to the ranking of Chinese Communist party officials.
He has been stripped of both titles by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
He had equal power as the city’s mayor, according to the ranking of Chinese Communist party officials.
He has been stripped of both titles by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Before his downfall, Zhang was a highly powerful man in Haikou [photo], the provincial capital of Hainan, China
Footage circulating on Twitter shows one person counting lumps of gold in a room believed to be in Mr Zhang’s lavish home.
The clip and related news have been censored in mainland China.
In a statement on September 6, the country’s corruption watchdog said Zhang was suspected to have seriously violated the law and discipline.
He is currently under inspection and investigation from the authority.
The clip and related news have been censored in mainland China.
In a statement on September 6, the country’s corruption watchdog said Zhang was suspected to have seriously violated the law and discipline.
He is currently under inspection and investigation from the authority.
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Chinese President Xi Jmping [right], has launched a tough anti-corruption campaign since taking office.
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