Economics
Top Chinese Planning Offical ‘Took $6 Million in Bribes’
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A senior official with China’s economic planning ministry and his son took bribes from a Guangzhou carmaker, including kickbacks for helping approve the opening of a Toyota Motor Corp. dealership, a Chinese prosecutor said today.
Liu Tienan, 59, former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, and his son Liu Decheng took 35.6 million yuan ($5.8 million) in bribes from 2002 to 2012, according to postings on Langfang City Intermediate People’s Court’s microblog at the start of their corruption trial today.