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		</div><h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have received 13.5 tonnes of gold and billions cash in bribes</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>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</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Thousands of golden bars and bricks were discovered in a room at his home during a raid, valued at $640m [£520m]</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Inspectors also discovered 268 billion yuan [$37billion] in suspected bribe money on his account</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>He would have been richer than China&#8217;s richest man of record, if the allegations turn out to be true</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #403434;"><strong>Zhang who had equal power as the mayor in the city of Haikou, has been sacked</strong></span></h6>
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<strong>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.</strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A powerful Communist official in China is suspected to have received 13.5 tonnes of gold and $37 billion cash in bribes.</span></div>
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<div>Thousands of golden bars and bricks were discovered at the leader&#8217;s home during a raid by corruption inspectors earlier this month.</div>
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<p>Their value could be worth up to $640 million, according to international trading prices.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Huge amounts of gold and cash were found during police raid in China<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Zhang Qi, 58, who was a top official in the province of Hainan has been sacked.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">In addition to the gold, inspectors discovered 268 billion yuan [$37billion] in suspected bribe mone in his account, according to reports.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He was also thought to have received multiple luxurious villas as perks.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">If Zhang&#8217;s alleged corruption turns out to be true, he would have been richer than Jack Ma, the wealthiest man in China worth </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">268 billion yuan [$37billion] </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> according to Forbes.</span><a class="class" href="https://twitter.com/jingui_zhu/status/1176765988873785346" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a></p>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-331740" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Zhang-Qi-and-his-loot-2.jpg" alt="Zhang Qi and his loot 2" width="661" height="549" /></span></span><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Thousands of golden bars and bricks worth $640million were discovered by corruption inspectors at the Zhang&#8217;s home in Hainan Province, China, earlier last month </span></strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">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.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He had equal power as the city&#8217;s mayor, according to the ranking of Chinese Communist party officials.</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He has been stripped of both titles by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.</span></div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-331737" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Haikou-the-capital-of-Hainan-in-China-1.jpg" alt="Haikou, the capital of Hainan in China 1.JPG" width="1053" height="677" /><strong>Before his downfall, Zhang was a highly powerful man in Haikou [photo], the provincial capital of Hainan, China</strong></span></h6>
<div><a class="class" href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1176544309665030144" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Footage </a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">circulating on Twitter shows one person counting lumps of gold in a room believed to be in Mr Zhang&#8217;s lavish home.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The clip and related news have been censored in mainland China.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">In a </span>statement <span style="color: var(--color-text);">on September 6, the country&#8217;s corruption watchdog said Zhang was suspected to have seriously violated the law and discipline.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He is currently under inspection and investigation from the authority.</span></div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-322068" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/meng-Hongwei-left-with-president-Xi-Jinping-right-1.jpg" alt="meng Hongwei [left] with president Xi Jinping [right] 1" width="912" height="605" /><strong>Chinese President Xi Jmping [right], </strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><strong> has launched a tough anti-corruption campaign since taking office.</strong></span></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Zhang was born in eastern China&#8217;s Anhui Province and joined the Communist Party in 1983.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Before ascending to power in Haikou, he served as the deputy mayor of Sanya city and the mayor of Danzhou. Both cities are in Hainan Province.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched a tough anti-corruption campaign since he took office in 2012.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Statistics show at least 53 officials have been caught receiving more than 100 million yuan [$13.54million], in bribes in the past seven years in the nation.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Zhang is the 17th senior official to have been investigated for corruption in China since the beginning of the year, according to Chinese media.</span></div>
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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
