A Beijing district health chief is being investigated for
accepting a bribe during the period when the national capital was
combating SARS in 2003.
Wang Xuewen, 46, who was promoted to the position of Pinggu
District health office director early this year, is suspected of
accepting a commission from a medical equipment company of at least
90,000 yuan in 2003 when Wang was president of the district
hospital, according to the anti-corruption office in Miyun County,
east Beijing.
In exchange, the hospital bought disinfection equipment from the
company, said an official with the anti-corruption office, who
declined to give his name.
The current president of Pinggu District Hospital, Yang
Xiaodong, 45, is also being investigated for his suspected
involvement in the bribery case.
(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2006)