CHINA INTERNAL POLITICAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION
China's Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) on April 17 confirmed that 51-year old Song Lin, Chairman of the state-owned China Resources Holdings and a Vice Minister-rank official was under investigation. The announcement was made 2 days after Wang Wenzhi, a reporter at a Xinhua-controlled newspaper accused Song Lin of laundering huge sums of money and having a mistress, Helen Yang, who works at the UBS investment bank in Hongkong. Also known as Yang Lijuan, Helen Yang was responsible for liaison with State-owned Enterprises. Song Lin was detained on April 17 at Shenzhen. |