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China Official Flees To Canada With $14mln
SHANGHAI, Feb 21, 2011 (AFP) -A low-ranking Chinese official has fled to Canada after embezzling 94 million yuan ($14 million), state media reported Monday.
Li Huabo, a section director at a county finance bureau in eastern Jiangxi province fled to Canada with his wife and two daughters at the beginning of the month, the Global Times newspaper said, citing local reports.
Chinese police were trying to find out where he went in Canada, it said.
He allegedly stole money from provincial funds intended for projects such as upgrading farmland and building reservoirs, the report said.
Li, a gambling addict, set up his own travel agency in Poyang county to make it easy to travel to Macau, the southern Chinese territory that has become Asia's casino capital, the report said.
Authorities said they found a letter to an alleged accomplice in his office after his disappearance describing how he embezzled the money over four years, the report said.
Official graft remains pervasive in China and is a major source of public resentment toward the government despite numerous clean-up campaigns.
President Hu Jintao last month made the latest high-level vow to battle corruption, saying graft remained a serious concern and vowing Beijing would step up the fight.
SHANGHAI, Feb 21, 2011 (AFP) -A low-ranking Chinese official has fled to Canada after embezzling 94 million yuan ($14 million), state media reported Monday.
Li Huabo, a section director at a county finance bureau in eastern Jiangxi province fled to Canada with his wife and two daughters at the beginning of the month, the Global Times newspaper said, citing local reports.
Chinese police were trying to find out where he went in Canada, it said.
He allegedly stole money from provincial funds intended for projects such as upgrading farmland and building reservoirs, the report said.
Li, a gambling addict, set up his own travel agency in Poyang county to make it easy to travel to Macau, the southern Chinese territory that has become Asia's casino capital, the report said.
Authorities said they found a letter to an alleged accomplice in his office after his disappearance describing how he embezzled the money over four years, the report said.
Official graft remains pervasive in China and is a major source of public resentment toward the government despite numerous clean-up campaigns.
President Hu Jintao last month made the latest high-level vow to battle corruption, saying graft remained a serious concern and vowing Beijing would step up the fight.
