Transport official gets life jail for corruption

时间：2007-08-09 00:38:13

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Aug.8 - A former transport official in southwest China's Yunnan Province, who had fled to Singapore and later extradited back to China, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for corruption1.

 

Hu Xing, born in October 1958, former deputy director of Yunnan Provincial2 Transport Department, allegedly abused his power to take more than 40 million yuan (5.3 million U.S. dollars) in bribes3, including an apartment valued at 247,000 yuan, according to earlier reports.

 

Hu also allegedly took advantage of his post to help his relatives profit from business activities. He also kept a mistress and had "unlawful sexual relationships" with other women. But these charges were not mentioned during the court hearings.

 

Hu disappeared in January while local authorities were investigating a major economic crime, in which he was suspected of involvement. Hu was captured in Singapore on Feb. 18.

 

Hu had served as deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Transport Department since Nov. 2004, and previously4 served as vice5 mayor of Kunming.

 

His responsibilities in the provincial government mainly concerned roads and transportation, and he was in charge of city planning and construction during his tenure6 as vice mayor of Kunming.

 
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1 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
3 bribes f3132f875c572eefabf4271b3ea7b2ca     
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
5 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
6 tenure Uqjy2     
n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期
参考例句：
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

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