Sunday 24th June
I just felt I had to share the first two paragraphs of this story in the Beijing Today, which came complete with a photograph of a scrawny dog next to an armoured personnel carrier.
It read thus:
A top leader of a Tangshan-based criminal syndicated alleged to have driven around in an armoured personnel carrier, was expelled from his post in the city’s Political Consultative Conference last week after Hebei police arrested him for extortion and weapons offenses.
Yang Shukuan, the 39-year old chair of the Huayun Group, was found to be in illegal possession of firearms and other military equipment, including one armoured car, two military transport vehicles, a Jeep, 38 firearms, 12 police tear gas canisters and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Yang also owned several luxury cars including a Rolls-Royce and two Ferraris, all with military license plates…