A former official of the Shanxi Provincial Coal Mine Safety Supervision
Administration has been jailed for 13 years for taking large bribes
and owning a substantial amount of property with unproven
resources, a court source said Sunday.
The first verdict was made by the Yingze District Court of
Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi. The court found that Diao Min, former
chief of the technology and equipment department of the provincial
coal mine safety supervision administration, had accepted bribes
totaling 1.01 million yuan (approx. US$126,000) and a further
US$8,000 by taking advantage of his position between 2001 and
2004.
The court found that Diao took the money to help those making
the payments to pass safety examinations and assessments. The court
also found that Diao possessed another 3.18 million yuan and
couldn't explain where it had come from.
(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2006)