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Luxurious tomb costs Chinese official his job
Beijing, Mar 30: A Chinese official has been expelled from the communist party and may be prosecuted after he built a luxurious tomb for himself, with the ventilation system alone costing 100,000 Yuan (12,000 Dollars), state media said today.
Beijing, Mar 30: A Chinese official has been expelled from the communist party and may be prosecuted after he built a luxurious tomb for himself, with the ventilation system alone costing 100,000 Yuan (12,000 Dollars), state media said today.
Feng Wenchao, formerly the deputy manager of a state-owned tobacco firm in southwest China's Chongqing City, spent seven years and large sums of money to build the 660-square-meter (7,300-square-foot) graveyard, Xinhua news agency reported. The graveyard includes not only a tomb, but a road and an underground pipeline, plus a huge epitaph with an "unreasonable" text, Xinhua said.
Feng has lost his party membership and his case has been referred to the judicial department for further investigation, it said.
Bureau Report
Feng Wenchao, formerly the deputy manager of a state-owned tobacco firm in southwest China's Chongqing City, spent seven years and large sums of money to build the 660-square-meter (7,300-square-foot) graveyard, Xinhua news agency reported. The graveyard includes not only a tomb, but a road and an underground pipeline, plus a huge epitaph with an "unreasonable" text, Xinhua said.
Feng has lost his party membership and his case has been referred to the judicial department for further investigation, it said.
Bureau Report