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China-Japan-Koreas
Top Chinese Commie sacked for affair with Russian girl
2007-04-20
Week-old news but still worthy...
A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) disciplinary official has been sacked and expelled from the Party after being caught with a woman other than his wife in a Beijing hotel room, the Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Du Xiangcheng, deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, was found in a compromising situation with a Russian woman. The incident happened in a five-star hotel in December while he was staying there on a business trip, sources said.
Oopski!
Classic honey trap.
It *would* be rather interesting to see if she was paid in rubles or yuan, would it not?
Du made a reputation for himself for his stance against corruption and led the investigation into Peng Jinyong, former secretary of the Changde City Committee for Discipline Inspection, in Hunan. Peng was alleged to have acquired more than 770,000 yuan through corruption in 2004. Du was quoted as saying, “Cadres are only human and they have desires, so we should all be tested.”
And tested shall he be:
The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has also ordered an investigation of his assets and finances.
Posted by:Seafarious

#12  that made me smile :-) thx
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-20 16:31  

#11  "CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection," Do they get the little slips of paper to put in the pockets that say "Inspected by # 12?"
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-04-20 16:05  

#10  Zenster: You gotta wonder--did the Russians honeytrap him all by themselves, or did they have some local assistance. The enemy of my enemy, and all that.
Posted by: Mike   2007-04-20 15:49  

#9  "DU!", moaned Homer Simpson...
Posted by: mojo   2007-04-20 14:53  

#8  Dulfowitz?
Posted by: Perfesser   2007-04-20 14:41  

#7  Du made a reputation for himself for his stance against corruption and led the investigation into Peng Jinyong, former secretary of the Changde City Committee for Discipline Inspection, in Hunan.

So, no one else thinks that Du was taken offline because of the heat he was causing for all the other corrupt officials? I've got to wonder if this was a setup. China's communist system is a playground for grafters and extortionists. People like Du are their mortal enemies. Do-gooders need not apply. This move certainly will put a chill on further corruption investigations.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-20 13:02  

#6  does he get the Garland of Shoes????
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-04-20 12:13  

#5  Ummm...there's something wrong with that?
Posted by: Skidmark   2007-04-20 06:05  

#4  g: This is very common male behavior in the Chinese culture. I'll bet they've been trying to take him out for a while now.

Very true. I would say it's a routine part of East Asian culture for married men to frequent prostitutes and have mistresses (actually, multiple common-law wives, complete with children and alternate living arrangements) on the side. Monogamy is a Western import from the late 19th century. Locals pay lip service to it, but the custom is for men of means to have one legal wife and several concubines on the side.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2007-04-20 02:55  

#3  He swears she fell into bed with him during today's earthquakes in Japan - D *** ng it, she was naked out of fear???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-04-20 02:04  

#2  Har har! I guess he and Bill Clinton can comiserate now.

This is very common male behavior in the Chinese culture. I'll bet they've been trying to take him out for a while now.
Posted by: gorb   2007-04-20 00:56  

#1  Give him a Wasserman test first. Then a HIV test. Then an intelligence test.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-04-20 00:17  

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