Posted on 06/15/2006 12:50:57 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
EXCLUSIVE - Mistress turns in corrupt China vice admiral-sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's top brass has been charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes from contractors after one of his mistresses blew the whistle, independent sources with ties to the military said on Wednesday.
If found guilty, Vice Admiral Wang Shouye, 63, one of five navy deputy commanders and a member of China's parliament, would be the most senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer ever convicted of a crime.
"Wang Shouye kept several mistresses. One of them reported him to the authorities" after he refused to give in to her demands for money, a source with knowledge of the case told Reuters, requesting anonymity.
The corruption scandal deepens the woes of the PLA, currently reeling from the worst air force disaster in more than five decades. Forty people were killed when a military plane crashed in the eastern province of Anhui on June 3.
Wang, a Tianjin University civil engineering graduate, was promoted to deputy commander of the navy in 2001 after heading the Logistics Department office which oversaw the construction of barracks. He was also in charge of housing reform.
He was accused of accepting up to 120 million yuan ($15 million) in bribes from contractors in exchange for throwing construction projects their way, a second source said.
It was unclear when the military court would hand down a verdict. China's state media have not reported the case.
The cabinet spokesman's office declined to comment. Wang's family, mistress and lawyer could not be reached.
Last year, Major General Liu Guangzhi, who was targeted by Taiwan for recruitment as a spy, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes from subordinates seeking promotions or transfers.
State media have made no mention of Liu's imprisonment either other than reporting that parliament had expelled him for unspecified "economic crimes". Liu was also sacked as commandant of the Air Force Command Academy.
Official graft was virtually wiped out in China in the years after the 1949 Communist takeover but has bounced back in the wake of economic reforms that have spawned wealth and greed.
Leaders have warned repeatedly that corruption threatens the Communist Party's survival. In 1999, a general and a colonel were executed for spying for Taiwan in the biggest espionage scandal of the Communist era.
Beijing and Taipei have been spying on each other since their split in 1949 at the end of the Chinese civil war.
Official graft was virtually wiped out in China in the years after the 1949 Communist takeover but has bounced back in the wake of economic reforms that have spawned wealth and greed.
I loved this little bit, guess there are people who
will believe anything.
Official graft thy name is communism.
LOL Good catch.
63 yo man, several mistresses?? How many Rx did he have???????
please.
Perhaps some competing political parties would take care of that problem?
I am sure that he has unlimited supply of knock-off viagra pills. At least until he got caught.
headline should have read "Wang Caught In Vice" .
this kind of thing only becomes public in China for a specific reason.
Your right Nick! The real story is that the bribes were paid with non-performing loans from Chinese banks. LOL!
"The B!tch set me up!"
"Wang Caught In Vice"
I like that
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