国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

Oil tycoon held in graft probe

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-12-26 20:24

BEIJING - A tycoon who heads China's largest private oil group has been detained on suspicion of embezzling 1 billion yuan ($127.9 million) in private and government funds, media reported on Tuesday.

Related readings:
JRormer Shanghai tycoon confirmed rearrested
Nation's youngest tycoon behind bars
Forbes-listed tycoon gets life in jail
Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok dead
Tycoon Yan Jiehe ordered to cut back on "luxury" spending
HK jewellery tycoon nabbed on corruption
Shanghai tycoon seeks a virgin bride
Indian tycoon hosts lavish wedding
Tycoon suicide
Property tycoon

Gong Jialong, chairman of the Tianfa Group, owner of listed Tianfa Petroleum Co. Ltd. and head of the two-year-old China Chamber of Commerce for Petroleum Industry, was detained on December 21, the Beijing News said.

No charges had been laid, the newspaper said.

Gong could not be reached on his mobile phone and company officials had no immediate comment.

The 52-year-old truck driver-turned-businessman from the central province of Hubei created China's first association of private oil distriubtors to gain a foothold in the country's rigid oil sector.

"Gong did a big good deed by creating the chamber. China's private oil sector needs such a platform," said Chen Wei, an oil veteran who has known Gong for years and describes him as presentable and eloquent.

About 18 months ago Gong also founded Greatwall United Petroleum Holding Co. Ltd., an oil group with a goal to bring together at least 50 independent firms to take on state-run energy giants such as PetroChina.

Gong, who struck gold in trading liquefied petroleum gas in the mid 1990s, is not the first Chinese tycoon to get into trouble.

Zhou Yiming, in his early 30s and the youngest entrant on Forbes magazine's 2005 list of China's richest 400, was jailed for life this year for fraud. Zhou was convicted of faking financial reports to borrow 380 million yuan from three banks and later acquired a 28 percent stake of a utility company.

In 2003, former flower magnate Yang Bin, once listed as China's second richest man with an estimated fortune of $900 million, was jailed 18 years for commercial crimes. Auto executive Yang Rong who faced similar charges fled in 2002.

In 2000, the flamboyant Mou Qizhong, once billed as China's richest man, was jailed for life for foreign exchange fraud.

China is in the middle of a crackdown on corruption, which the Party says could threaten the party's credibility and even survival.

Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao daily said the China Securities Regulatory Commission requested Gong's detention.

Shares of Tianfa Petroleum, which deals in liquefied gas, chemicals and other oil products as well as agricultural products, have fallen about 27 percent since end-September even as larger rivals such as Sinopec Corp. have soared on high oil prices.

Sinopec shares have risen about 39 percent over the same period.

(US$=7.83 yuan)



Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
清镇市| 昔阳县| 行唐县| 大厂| 织金县| 义马市| 阳原县| 五家渠市| 双峰县| 杨浦区| 南郑县| 鄢陵县| 紫云| 菏泽市| 太保市| 阳信县| 读书| 揭西县| 乌鲁木齐市| 蒲城县| 苍南县| 阿坝县| 长子县| 舞钢市| 城口县| 墨玉县| 万全县| 淮安市| 河南省| 罗平县| 博客| 响水县| 平邑县| 黑水县| 洛川县| 怀柔区| 海兴县| 颍上县| 鄢陵县| 社旗县| 沁阳市|