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Chinese judge behind US$270 million business empire sacked, facing prosecution

  • Vice-president of Hainan Provincial Higher People’s Court Zhang Jiahui described as a ‘hypocrite who has low morals and full of selfish greed’
  • Investigation launched in May after Zhang was seen in a video gambling at mahjong

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Zhang Jiahui, vice-president of the Hainan Provincial Higher People’s Court, has been sacked and expelled from the Communist Party. Photo: Weibo
Kinling Loin Beijing
A senior judge in southern China who was detained in May after being accused of running a multibillion-dollar business empire with her husband has been sacked and will now face prosecution.
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Following an investigation, Zhang Jiahui, vice-president of the Hainan Provincial Higher People’s Court, was found to have accumulated – in collaboration with her former husband Liu Yuansheng and son – assets worth almost 1.9 billion yuan (US$270 million), investigators said late on Saturday.

She is also accused of interfering in judicial processes and engaging in other acts of corruption, the provincial commission for discipline inspection said in a statement on its official WeChat account.

Zhang had been expelled from the Communist Party and would now face prosecution, it said.

“As a party cadre, Zhang went against the principles and values of the Communist Party,” the commission said.

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“[She] has been disloyal and dishonest to the party, a hypocrite who has low morals and full of selfish greed. She took advantage of her power for personal gain and went against party discipline and national laws.”

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