Want China Times, CNA 2014-11-21
Chinese investigators have found one metric ton of Chinese yuan and foreign currencies during a search of the home of Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, amid an investigation of corruption, according to a report by Hong Kong's Phoenix Weekly.
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| Xu Caihou in an undated photo. (Photo/Xinhua) |
Chinese investigators have found one metric ton of Chinese yuan and foreign currencies during a search of the home of Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, amid an investigation of corruption, according to a report by Hong Kong's Phoenix Weekly.
When
investigators opened the basement of Xu's 2,000-square meter luxury residency
in Beijing, they found one ton of bills, including US dollars and euros, in
addition of piles of valuable jades, emeralds, ancient paintings and
calligraphy works, the report said.
The
historic art was said to date as far back as the Tang Dynasty (618-907CE).
It took 15
trucks to take the notes and antiques away, said the weekly, which is sponsored
by Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television Holding and is legally allowed to
circulate around China.
Xu
reportedly has many properties all around China, and investigators have found
at least four properties in Shanghai registered under the name of his
three-year-old grandson, the weekly said.
In addition
to Xu, his personal driver has also aggregated a large fortune for allegedly
being the go-between for people offering the high-powered official bribes, the
report said.
Xu, 70, and
his wife were taken away March 15 from a military hospital where Xu has
received treatment for bladder cancer after being told about the corruption
allegations.
He was
expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 30.
State-controlled
media said Xu, who was vice chairman of the commission from 2004 to 2012, has
been charged with abuse of power, accepting bribes directly or via family
members in exchange for promotions, and advancing the interests of those close
to him through the powers vested in his office.
He is the
highest-ranking current or former military officer to be caught up in the
crackdown on corruption launched by Chinese president and CPC general secretary
Xi Jinping.
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