Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
IP addresses are NOT logged in this forum so there's no point asking. Please note that this forum is full of homophobes, racists, lunatics, schizophrenics & absolute nut jobs with a smattering of geniuses, Chinese chauvinists, Moderate Muslims and last but not least a couple of "know-it-alls" constantly sprouting their dubious wisdom. If you believe that content generated by unsavory characters might cause you offense PLEASE LEAVE NOW! Sammyboy Admin and Staff are not responsible for your hurt feelings should you choose to read any of the content here. The OTHER forum is HERE so please stop asking.
A Chinese court sentenced a city official nicknamed "Uncle House" for his large property holdings to 11 and a half years' jail on Thursday, domestic media reported.
Cai Bin, a mid-level bureaucrat in the southern city of Guangzhou, was convicted of taking 2.75 million yuan ($450,000) in bribes.
The court "sentenced him to 11 and a half years in jail and fined him 600,000 yuan", China National Radio reported online.
Cai's wrongdoing surfaced after citizens began posting pictures of his assets, including luxury homes, on the Internet. He was said to have accumulated at least 22 properties.
Ordinary Chinese have increasingly turned to social media to expose government corruption, ending a number of officials' careers.
But official censors ban discussion of top politicians and a wide range of topics deemed sensitive, and have recently launched a campaign against "online rumours".
Another mid-level official -- dubbed Brother Watch -- was sentenced to 14 years' jail last week after a 2012 photo circulated online of him smiling at the scene of a road accident that killed 36 people.
Web users soon posted a series of photos of Yang Dacai, formerly the work safety boss in northern Shaanxi province, sporting a series of luxury watches.
China's leadership has vowed to crack down on official corruption, warning it could threaten the ruling Communist party.
Cai Bin, former senior police officer with Guangzhou's Panyu District, stands trial for taking bribes in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, Sept 12, 2013. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
GUANGZHOU - An official who was investigated after a whistleblower claimed he owned 22 houses was sentenced to 11 and a half years on Thursday.
Haizhu District People's Court in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, convicted Cai Bin, a former senior police officer with Guangzhou's Panyu District, of accepting bribes totaling 2.75 million yuan ($446,000) from 1993 to 2012.
Monies equal to the amount of the bribes as well as personal property of 600,000 yuan were confiscated.
Cai was dismissed from his post in October 2012 after public-spirited netizens highlighted his properties on the Internet, claiming he had more than 20 houses.
Cai, who was nicknamed as "Uncle House" by the netizens, stood trial in July.
In the current climate of government's strong resolve to annihilate corruption, Cai is one of the officials to be investigated and put on trial after their crimes were first exposed on the Internet.
On Sept 5, "Brother Watch", Yang Dacai, former head of Shaanxi provincial work safety administration, was sentenced to 14 yeas in jail for taking bribes.
Yang was filmed smiling at the scene of a fatal road accident and later photos surfaced online of Yang wearing luxury wristwatches, earning him his nickname.
